Name Cees Wijdekop Died April 8, 2008 | Role Olympic athlete | |
Cornelis "Kees" Wijdekop (January 31, 1914 – April 8, 2008) 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 older brother Piet at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Wijdekop was born in Amsterdam, where he was an instrument maker by profession at Draka Holding. Cor and Piet were members of the canoe club De Plassers. He died in Purmerend.
Personal life
Cor Wijdekop was married to Maartje Wijdekop-Stokkink. Together they had a daughter, Joke (1942), and a son, Kees (1947). Kees Wijdekop was a pitcher for the Dutch national baseball team at the Baseball World Cup in Havana, Cuba, 1973.
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