Carel Koopman

Carel Bernard Koopman

Koopman about 1925
Personal details
birthday	December 2, 1889
place of birth	Nieuwer-Amstel Netherlands
date of death	January 26, 1952
Place of death	Amsterdam Netherlands
nationality	Netherlands Netherlands
Active time	1917-1940
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
World Championships:
1 × vice
Other tournaments:
s. successes
Societies)
BV KRAS Netherlands

Carel Bernard Koopman (born December 2, 1889 in Nieuwer-Amstel , Netherlands , † January 26, 1952 ) was a Dutch carom player in the three- cushion discipline and entrepreneur.

Career

billiards

He has been playing billiards since he was ten, on the small table, the big one, free game , cadre , billiard artistique , but above all three cushion. He understood that billiards was a spectator game and therefore tried to play as well and beautifully as possible. In earlier years he often played for charity. In 1917 Koopman won the silver medal in the 45/2 of the 2nd class, in 1922 the first gold medal. In 1926 Koopman switched to three-cushion and won the first edition of the Dutch three- cushion championship in Amsterdam against Henk Robijns . That would be his only win against Robijns, he was unbeatable for the next seven years. The other strong opponent was Arnoud Sengers , who pushed him to 3rd place in 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1933 until he was able to beat him in the final in Tilburg and won his second gold medal in 1935, when Robijns had withdrawn from the tournament . In 1940 he played his last national championship. Overall, Koopman was able to win nine medals at the national three-cushion championships.

In 1928 Koopman had participated in the first three-cushion world championship in Reims , France , only had to bow to the Egyptian Edmond Soussa, who lives in Paris, in the final . It remained his only international medal in further participation in World and European Championships. He won five of six trophies of the Wilhelmina Cup, three of them in a row.

Koopman was a member of the billiard club (BV) KRAS all his life, became a member of the board and was chairman for several years. He gave the impetus to set up billiards in the old people's home in Amsterdam. For his 60th anniversary on December 2, 1949 , he received a medal from the “Nederlandse Biljartbond” (NBB), since 1951 Koninklijke Nederlandse Biljartbond (KNBB), with the inscription “Out of thanks and appreciation”.

Due to a serious illness, his left arm had to be amputated, so that he has been excluded from the game in recent years.

Entrepreneur

With his wife Jet he ran the café-restaurant “De Nieuwe Karseboom” in Zaandam for decades . A real, wood-paneled café-restaurant in the old tradition with the classic Persian carpets on the tables. During the first year of World War II, on July 20, 1940, the Koopmans opened a new shop at Ferdinand Bolstraat 165-167 in Amsterdam. After Carel Koopman's death, his wife continued to run the business. Soon after, it became known as "Aunt Jet".

Private

Koopman was married and had a daughter, Johanna "Jopie" Koopman (born February 24, 1910 in Zaandam; † May 30, 1979 in Amsterdam), she was "Miss Holland" in 1929 and got engaged to the famous footballer Klaas in the same year Breeuwer .

successes

Three-cushion world championship : 1928
Dutch three-cushion championship : 1926, 1935, 1927, 1932, 1934, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933
Dutch Cadre 45/2 Championship (2nd class): 1922 1917
Dutch Cadre 45/2 Championship (1st class): 1924

Swell:

Web links

Commons : Carel Koopman - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Carel Koopman. (No longer available online.) Biljartvereniging Geertruidenberg 1977, October 21, 2015, archived from the original on October 8, 2019 ; Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Dutch).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e C. B. Koopman overleden. Algemeen Handelsblad, January 28, 1952, accessed November 9, 2019 (Dutch).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Emile van Steenis: Carel Koopman. Detailweergave voor bondsnummer 906591. (No longer available online.) Biljartpoint.nl, archived from the original on November 9, 2019 ; Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Dutch).
↑ Biljartfeiten. (No longer available online.) Biljart Ache, 2010, archived from the original on November 9, 2019 ; Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Dutch).
^ Mark Traa: De mooiste van het land . Opkomst en ondergang van Miss Holland (1929–1937). Ed .: Atheneaeum - Polak & van Gennep. 2015, ISBN 978-90-253-0707-3 (Dutch, 360 pages, limited preview in Google Book Search).
↑ player profile. Kozoom , accessed November 9, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Koopman, Carel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Koopman, Carel Bernard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch billiards player and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nieuwer-Amstel , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1952
Place of death	Amsterdam , Netherlands

[Beja-1] Carel Koopman. (No longer available online.) Biljartvereniging Geertruidenberg 1977, October 21, 2015, archived from the original on October 8, 2019 ; Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Dutch).

[Nachruf-2] C. B. Koopman overleden. Algemeen Handelsblad, January 28, 1952, accessed November 9, 2019 (Dutch).

[Erfolge-3] Emile van Steenis: Carel Koopman. Detailweergave voor bondsnummer 906591. (No longer available online.) Biljartpoint.nl, archived from the original on November 9, 2019 ; Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Dutch).

[Biljartfeiten-4] Biljartfeiten. (No longer available online.) Biljart Ache, 2010, archived from the original on November 9, 2019 ; Retrieved November 9, 2019 (Dutch).

[Mark_Traa-5] Mark Traa: De mooiste van het land . Opkomst en ondergang van Miss Holland (1929–1937). Ed .: Atheneaeum - Polak & van Gennep. 2015, ISBN 978-90-253-0707-3 (Dutch, 360 pages, limited preview in Google Book Search).

[Spielerprofil-6] player profile. Kozoom , accessed November 9, 2019 .