Kees Wijdekop Explained

Full Name:Cornelis Wijdekop
Nickname:Cor
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Purmerend, Netherlands
Sport:Kayaking
Event:Folding kayak
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Cornelis Wijdekop (31 January 1914 – 8 April 2008), known as "Cor" or "Kees", was a Dutch sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event with his older brother Piet at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[1] [2]

Wijdekop was born in Amsterdam, where he was an instrument maker by profession at Draka Holding. Cor and Piet were members of the canoe club De Plassers. He died in Purmerend.

Personal life

Cor Wijdekop was married to Maartje Wijdekop-Stokkink. Together they had a daughter, Joke (1942), and a son, Kees (1947). Kees Wijdekop was a pitcher for the Dutch national baseball team at the Baseball World Cup in Havana, Cuba, 1973.

References

  1. Cor Wijdekop . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/cor-wijdekop-1.html . 2020-04-18 . dead . Full name: Cornelis Wijdekop.
  2. Web site: Olympiër Kees Wijdekop overleden . Olympian Kees Wijdekop passed away . April 14, 2008 . sportgeschiedenis.nl . nl . https://web.archive.org/web/20110226063409/http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2008/04/14/olympier-kees-wijdekop-overleden.aspx . 2011-02-26 . dead. (English translation)