Cees Koch (athlete)

Cees Koch

Cees Koch in 1964
Personal information
Born (1936-07-16) 16 July 1936
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 110 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Sport Discus throw
Club Pro Patria, Rotterdam

Cornelis "Cees" Koch (born 16 July 1936) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands. As a discus thrower he competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in 22nd and 17th place, respectively.[1]

With a throw of 55.96 m he won a silver medal at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, behind Soviet Union's Vladimir Trusenyev (57.11 m).

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Koch collected altogether sixteen Dutch titles, seven in shot put and nine in discus throw.

References

  1. Cees Koch. sports-reference.com

External links

Koch in 2010 with a self-made model of a Dutch boat
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