Johannes van Hoolwerff

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Hoolwerff, not Hoolwerff.
Johannes van Hoolwerff
Personal information
Full nameJohannes Cornelis van Hoolwerff
NationalityDutch
Born(1878-04-13)13 April 1878
Hoorn, Netherlands
Died2 August 1962(1962-08-02) (aged 84)
Heemstede, Netherlands
Sailing career
Class8 Metre
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam 8 Metre
Updated on 2014-01-22

Johannes Cornelis van Hoolwerff (13 April 1878 in Hoorn – 2 August 1962 in Heemstede) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Hoolwerff, as helmsman on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Henk Kersken, Cornelis van Staveren, Gerard de Vries Lentsch and Maarten de Wit.

Sources

  • "Johannes van Hoolwerff Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  • "Zeilen, een bij uitstek Nederlandsche sport. De Olympische wedstrijden ditmaal zeer goed bezet. — Wat zal de wind doen ?" (in Dutch) (Morning ed.). Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij. 1928-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  • "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2014-01-22.


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