Wilhelmus Frederikus ("Willem") Winkelman (14 July 1887 – 1 July 1990) was a Dutch

track and field athlete Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

who competed in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

. He was born in

Delfshaven Delfshaven () is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas. It was a separate municipality until 1886. The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major ri ...

and died in

Voorburg Voorburg () is a town and former municipality in the west part of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Together with the town Leidschendam and the village Stompwijk, it merged into the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg in 2002. Sit ...

. In 1908, he was eliminated in the first round of the 3500 metre walk competition as well as of the 10 mile walk event.

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List of Dutch athletes
* 1887 births 1990 deaths Dutch male race walkers Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Dutch men centenarians Athletes from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub