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Wim van der Voort
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Wim van der Voort

Born
24 March 1923
Died
23 October 2016
Age
93 years
Resting places
Athletes Famous people, Netherlands Countries

Biography

Willem (Wim) van der Voort ('s-Gravenzande, 24 maart 1923 - Delft, 23 oktober 2016) was een Nederlands langebaanschaatser, die vooral succesvol was op de 1500 meter. Op die afstand won hij een zilveren medaille bij de Olympische Winterspelen van 1952. De Noor Hjalmar Andersen bleef hem 0,2 seconde voor, mede dankzij het feit dat het tijdens de rit van Van der Voort had gesneeuwd.

Van der Voort eindigde als derde in het eindklassement van het wereldkampioenschap allround in 1953. Ook werd hij tweemaal tweede op het Europees kampioenschap allround: in 1951 achter Andersen (die door een flitslicht van een fotograaf werd verblind, daardoor in de twaalfde ronde van de tien kilometer in een scheur schaatste en daarna binnen een uur mocht overrijden) en in 1953 achter landgenoot Kees Broekman.

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