Willem van Loon
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Willem van Loon (born August 15, 1891 in Arnhem , † November 29, 1975 there ) was a Dutch tug of war and Olympic silver medalist.
Career
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , van Loon won the silver medal in the tug of war together with Wilhelmus Johannes Bekkers , Johannes Hengeveld , Sijtse Jansma , Henk Janssen , his brother and team captain Antonius van Loon and the brother couple Marinus and Willem van Rekum . In the competition that took place on August 17 and 18, 1920, the eight-man team, whose average weight was 85 kilograms per person, competed against the Italian team in the first competition ; The Dutch won the duel 2-0 after 71 and 43.25 seconds respectively. The second competition against the United Kingdom was lost after 28.8 and 13.4 seconds with 0: 2, so that the team had no chance of winning the gold medal. The following contest for the silver medal against the Belgians at home was decided by the Dutch 2-0 in their favor after 63.4 and 123 seconds. Van Loon and his team won the first medal in the Olympic history of the Netherlands .
Van Loon belonged to the Arnhemer Krachtsportvereniging Achilles .
See also
Web links
- Willem van Loon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Comité Olympique et Interfédérale Belge: Olympic Games Antwerp 1920. Official Report. Brussels 1957, p. 141 ( online ; PDF; 975 kB).
- ↑ a b c Ton Bijkerk: Olympic Orange. Van Athene 1896 tot en met Beijing 2008. Tirion Sports, Baarn 2008, ISBN 978-9-04-391201-3 .
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| SURNAME | Loon, Willem van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch tug of war and Olympic silver medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnhem , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1975 |
| Place of death | Arnhem , Netherlands |