Joris Willem Eelco Tjebbes (5 November 1929, in

Vlissingen Vlissingen (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic l ...

– 31 July 2001, in

Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; nds-nl, 't Ogeveine or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout ...

) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer. He won a bronze medal at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships and competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. Between 1950 and 1952, Tjebbes was the national champion in the 100 m and 400 m and set nine national records in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m freestyle events.Joris Tjebbes
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References

1929 births 2001 deaths Dutch male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vlissingen {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub