Dirk Boest plaster
| Dirk Boest plaster medal table |
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 Netherlands
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | Paris 1900 | Free pistol 50 m (M) |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | Paris 1900 | Free pistol (M) |
Dirk Boest Gips (born July 30, 1864 in Dordrecht , † November 11, 1920 in The Hague ) was a Dutch sports shooter .
successes
Dirk Boest Gips, who worked as a stockbroker, took part in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris with the free pistol . In the individual competition he finished sixth with 437 points, while he won the bronze medal in the team competition with Antonius Bouwens , Henrik Sillem , Solko van den Bergh and Anthony Sweijs . The Olympic competition also counted as a world championship .
Surname
Gips' real name was unknown for many years. In the results lists he was listed as M. van Laan , later only as Van Haan or even Gerardus van Haan . It wasn't until 1999 that the real name was discovered by a Dutch historian in a regional newspaper from 1900.
Web links
- Dirk Boest plaster in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Boest plaster, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht , the Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1920 |
| Place of death | The Hague , Netherlands |