Johannes Jacobus "Joop" van Woerkom (May 3, 1912 in
Schiedam – January 27, 1998 in
Schiedam) was a Dutch
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the
1936 tournament. He played two matches as goalkeeper.
See also
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ...
References
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1912 births
1998 deaths
Dutch male water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players of the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Schiedam
20th-century Dutch people
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