Wim van der Voort
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for Netherlands | |||
Men’s Speed skating | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Silver | 1952 Oslo | 1500 m | |
World championship | |||
Bronze | 1953 Helsinki | All round | |
European championship | |||
Silver | 1951 Oslo | All round | |
Silver | 1953 Hamar | All round |
Willem "Wim" van der Voort (born March 24, 1923) is a Dutch former speed skater.
He was born in 's-Gravenzande.
At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo van der Voort was silver medalist on the 1500 meter.[1]
He received a bronze medal at the 1953 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men, and silver medals at the 1951 and 1953 European Speed Skating Championships for Men.
[edit] References
- ^ "1952 Winter Olympics – Oslo, Norway – Speed Skating" (Retrieved on February 27, 2008)
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