Nijs Cornelis Korevaar (31 December 1927 – 1 December 2016) was a Dutch

water polo Water polo is a 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 ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who won a European title in 1950. He competed in the

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 ...

and

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 ...

and won a bronze medal in 1948, placing fifth in

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

. In 1948 he played all seven matches and scored four goals, and in 1952 he played all nine matches and scored at least three goals (not all scorers are known). Korevaar is the younger brother of the mathematician

Jacob Korevaar Jacob "Jaap" Korevaar (born 25 January 1923) is a Dutch mathematician. He was part of the faculty of the University of California San Diego and University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as the University of Amsterdam (Korteweg-de Vries Institute ...

. His son Jan Jaap Korevaar also became an Olympic water polo competitor.

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* 1927 births 2016 deaths Dutch male water polo players Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands in water polo People from Binnenmaas Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Holland 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub

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