Jetze Doorman

Jetze Doorman medal table
fencing
Netherlands
Olympic games
bronze	Stockholm 1912	Epee team
bronze	Stockholm 1912	Saber crew
bronze	Antwerp 1920	Saber crew
bronze	Paris 1924	Saber crew

Jetze Doorman (born July 2, 1881 in Balk , † February 28, 1931 in Breda ) was a Dutch fencer and pentathlete .

successes

Jetze Doorman took part in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens and four Olympic Games . In 1906 he finished fifth with the epee team and was eliminated in the individual competitions with the foil, the epee and the saber in the preliminary round. Two years later he was eliminated again in the preliminary round with the sword in London and finished ninth with the saber. He was also ninth with the sword team and fifth with the saber team. In 1912 he celebrated successes in team competitions in Stockholm . With the Degen team he reached the final round, which he finished with a bronze medal with Willem van Blijenburgh , Arie de Jong , George van Rossem and Leonardus Salomonson . He also finished third with the saber team and won another bronze medal with Willem van Blijenburgh, Arie de Jong, Hendrik de Iongh , George van Rossem and Dirk Scalongne . Doorman also took part in the Modern Pentathlon , but abandoned the competition after the first shooting. At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , he finished seventh with the Degen team. He finished the team competition with the saber with the Dutch team, which in addition to Doorman also included Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls , Willem van Blijenburgh, Arie de Jong, Jan van der Wiel , Salomon Zeldenrust and Louis Delaunoij , behind Italy and France again on the bronze rank . Also in 1924 in Paris , he moved with the saber team into the final round, in which he left Italy and Hungary occupied once again third. Together with Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls, Jan van der Wiel, Arie de Jong, Hendrik Scherpenhuijzen and Maarten van Dulm , he received his fourth bronze medal.

In 1907 he won the European championships with the saber, so that, according to the customs of the time, the Netherlands were responsible for hosting the championships the following year. This resulted in the establishment of the Dutch Fencing Association . In 1909 he also became the Dutch master with the saber. In 1912 he took part in the Elfstedentocht , in which he saved two competitors who had collapsed in the ice and even couldn't finish the race because of hypothermia.

Web links

• Jetze Doorman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )