Cornelis "Cees" Koch (born 30 December 1925) is a Dutch
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of sixth in the
K-2 10000 m event at
London
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in
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
. He was born in
Zaandam
Zaandam () is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan, just north of Amsterdam.
The statistical district Zaa ...
.
References
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1925 births
Living people
Dutch male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Zaanstad
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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