Hans van Goor (born 1970 in

Zwaag Zwaag (; West Frisian: ''Swaegh'') is a village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Hoorn, the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland. History Zwaag was founded in the 13th century. The church tower is ...

, North Holland) is a retired

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

long distance swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1993 European Championships. He also swam the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

on 4 September 1995 in a time of 8 h and 02 mins, which stood as a European record until 2003. He is the coach and husband of fellow long-distance swimmer Edith van Dijk. Van Goor studied econometrics and law at the

Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

. He is Chief Operating Officer at the sports-oriented

DSB Bank DSB Bank (''DSB: Dirk Scheringa Beheer'') was a Dutch bank and insurer that failed in 2009. Its loans were managed under ''Quion'' from June 2013 until June 2016 when ''Finqus'' began operating as the former DSB Bank. In 2018 ''Finqus BV'' took ov ...

, where he has been employed since 1994.Executive Management Board DSB Bank
Since early 2019 Hans van Goor took a position of CEO of the Dutch startup company, related to Discoperi Inc.

References

1970 births Living people People from Zwaag Dutch corporate directors Dutch male long-distance swimmers English Channel swimmers Chief operating officers Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub