Jochem Bobeldijk (12 April 1920
Zaandam
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– 18 November 2010,
Egmond aan Zee
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Egmond aan Zee was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with E ...
) was a Dutch
sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of sixth in the
K-1 10000 m event at
London
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in
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
.
References
Jochem Bobeldijk's profile at Sports Reference.comJochem Bobeldijk's obituary
1920 births
2010 deaths
Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Dutch male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Zaanstad
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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