Jan Sweering

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Johannes Hubertus Sweering
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Sweering at the Dutch Cadre Championships on March 22, 1962 in Tilburg
Personal details
birthday June 21, 1909
place of birth Amsterdam
date of death May 18, 1981
Place of death Amsterdam
nationality NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Nickname (s) Jan
Active time 1930-1966
Achievements
Unless otherwise stated,
the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
World Championships:
1 × (Pentathlon)
Other tournaments:
19 × national champion
(various disciplines)

Johannes Hubertus "Jan" Sweering (born June 21, 1909 in Amsterdam ; † May 18, 1981 ibid) was a Dutch carom player. In 1936 he became world champion in the Pentathlon and was the 12-time Dutch record holder. He worked as a journalist for various Dutch newspapers.

biography

Jan was born the son of Simon Jozef Sweering, a restaurant owner (born April 3, 1886 - January 8, 1922) and Maria Hillegonda Kok in Amsterdam. He attended elementary school ( Lager School ), then middle school ( Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs ) and finally the "Higher Citizens School" ( Hogereburgerschool , HBS ). He then joined his father's company and became its director after it had been converted into a public limited company ( NV ) in 1937 . On October 30, 1930 Sweering had married Johanna Carolina Josephina Sweering (born March 9, 1907 in Leiden) in Amsterdam.

Player career

Sweering started playing billiards at the age of 12 and immediately showed great talent for it. In 1926 he became a member of the "Insulinde" billiards club in order to take part in the Dutch championship that same year. Sweering was an all-rounder in carom and played free game , cadre , one- binding , pentathlon (Pentathlon) and later three-cushion . He represented the Netherlands several times at European and World Championships. He became world champion in the pentathlon and multiple Dutch champion in various billiards. In December 1930 he took part in an international tournament of the free game in Amsterdam and came third behind Théo Moons and René Gabriëls . For three years since 1934 it held the world record in the binding with an individual average (ED) of 4.83, improved by Jacques Davin in 1937 to 5.00. With this record he became vice world champion. The 25-year-old Sweering achieved his greatest success in 1936 when he won the pentathlon world championship title in Malo-les-Bains, France, with a general average (GD) of 30.32.

In 1955 he asked the Koninklijke Nederlandse Biljartbond (KNBB) to remove him from the list of "main class players" (top Dutch league) for free game and cadre, from now on Sweering wanted to devote himself more to the three cushion. The KNBB later made him an honorary member.

Sweering worked after his playing days, like his older brother Jakob (1907-1976), as a functionary and referee of the KNBB and the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB).

He worked as a journalist for various Dutch newspapers and specialist magazines, such as "Het Algemeen Handelsblad", "Het Volk", "de Biljart-Revue".

successes

International

Swell:

National

  • Dutch championship in Cadre 45/1: gold1967
  • Dutch championship in Cadre 45/2: gold1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941
  • Dutch championship in Cadre 71/2: gold1941, 1942
  • Dutch championship in cover: gold1951, 1954
  • Dutch three-cushion championship: gold1943, 1944, 1953; ( Hoofdklasse 1968, 1971)
  • Dutch championship in Penthatlon: gold1943, 1944

Sources: KNBB archive

Web links

Commons : Jan Sweering  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johannes Hubertus Sweering. Biographical Portaal van Nederland (BPN), accessed on November 13, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ N / A: International Turnooi . Ed .: Leidsche Courant. Leiden December 22, 1930, p. 7 (Dutch, courant.nu [accessed September 22, 2019]).
  3. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 641-643 .
  4. ↑ N / A: Sweering trekt zich terug . Ed .: Leidsch Dagblad. Leiden January 20, 1955, p. 7 (Dutch, courant.nu [accessed September 22, 2019]).
  5. ↑ N / A: Arbiter Sweering overleden . Ed .: Leidsche Courant. Amsterdam May 7, 1976, p. 13 (Dutch, courant.nu [accessed September 22, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Achievements. Kozoom , accessed September 22, 2019 .


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personal data
SURNAME Sweering, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sweering, Johannes Hubertus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch carom player
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1981
Place of death Amsterdam