Piet Wijdekop
Pieter Wijdekop (September 13, 1912 – September 1, 1982), known as "Piet", was a Dutch sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event with his younger brother Kees at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[1][2]
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| Full name | Pieter Wijdekop | |||||||||||||
| Born | September 13, 1912 Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Died | September 1, 1982 (aged 69) Heemskerk, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Kayaking | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Folding kayak | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Wijdekop brothers were born in Amsterdam, where they were members of the canoe club De Plassers. In their honor, an international marathon canoe race up and down between Amsterdam and Purmerend, organized yearly until 2008, was named the Gebroeders Wijdekop Race. Piet died in Heemskerk in 1982.
References
- Piet Wijdekop at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Piet Wijdekop". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
External links
- Piet Wijdekop at Olympedia
- Pieter Wijdekop at the International Olympic Committee
- Pieter Wijdekop at the Olympic Channel
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