Sjoerd Lambertus "Bertus" Mooi Wilten (30 November 1913 – 27 June 1965) was a Dutch

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. He joined the swimming club HPC in

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. In 1934-35 he broke the Dutch national record on the 100 m freestyle twice for the

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and four times for the

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, reaching 1:00.6 in February 1935.History of Dutch short course 100 m freestyle for men national records
/ref> He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle at the

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, but was eliminated in the second heat.

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* 1913 births 1965 deaths Dutch male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Semarang 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub