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
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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
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,
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
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