Hans van Goor
Medal record | ||
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Competitor for Netherlands | ||
Men's swimming | ||
European Championships (LC) | ||
Bronze | 1991 Athens | 5 km open water |
Silver | 1993 Sheffield | 25 km open water |
Hans van Goor (born 1970 in Zwaag, North Holland) is a retired Dutch long distance swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1993 European Championships. He also swam the English Channel on 4 September 1995 in a time of 8 h and 02 mins, which stood as a European record until 2003.[1] He is the coach and husband of fellow long-distance swimmer Edith van Dijk.
Van Goor studied econometrics and law at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He is Chief Operating Officer at the sports-oriented DSB Bank, where he has been employed since 1994.[2]