Willem van der Voort
Willem "Wim" van der Voort (born March 24, 1923 in 's-Gravenzande ; † October 23, 2016 in Delft ) was a Dutch speed skater.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 , when van der Voort was the flag bearer of the Dutch team, he won the silver medal over the 1,500 meters 0.2 seconds behind the Norwegian Hjalmar Andersen , but ahead of Roald Aas .
At the all-round world championships in 1953 he won the bronze medal, and at the European championships in 1951 and 1953 a silver medal.
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Olympic medal winner Wim van der Voort overleden De Gelderlander from October 25, 2016
- ↑ "1952 Winter Olympics - Oslo, Norway - Speed Skating" ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 27, 2008)
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| SURNAME | Voort, Willem van der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voort, Wim van der (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch speed skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | 's-Gravenzande |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2016 |
| Place of death | Delft |