Cornelis "Cees" Gravesteijn (born 21 April 1928) was a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. At the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

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, he finished sixth in the K-2 1000 m event. He was born in

Wormer Wormer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 13 km northwest of Amsterdam. The town is situated in the Zaan district, on the eastern side of the river Zaan, across f ...

References

Cees Gravesteijn's profile at Sports Reference.com
1928 births Living people Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Dutch male canoeists Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands People from Wormerland Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub