Cornelis "Cor" Groot (21 January 1909,
Akersloot
Akersloot is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum, and lies about 9 km south of Alkmaar
Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of Nor ...
– 23 September 1978,
Haarlem) was a
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
The profession of the ...
from the
Netherlands
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, who represented his country at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
Acapulco
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. Groot, as helmsman on the Dutch
Dragon, took 10th place with crew members
Jan Bol
Jan Bol (March 4, 1924-February 11, 2010) was a Dutch sailor who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco. Bol, as crew on the Dutch Dragon, took the 10th place with helmsman Cor Groot
Cornelis "Cor" Groot (21 January 19 ...
and
Pieter de Zwart
Pieter de Zwart (16 March 1944, Utrecht) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco. De Zwart, as crew on the Dutch Dragon, took 10th place with helmsman Cor Groot and fellow crew member ...
. Groot was also the substitute helmsmen for the
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
Dutch Dragon.
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1909 births
1978 deaths
People from Akersloot
Dutch male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of the Netherlands
Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Sportspeople from North Holland
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