Willem "Wim" Hesterman (26 November 1897, in
Amsterdam
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– 2 December 1971, in
Amstelveen
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) was a Dutch
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who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
. In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the
featherweight class after losing his fight to
Philippe Bouvy.
He was the younger brother of
Jan Hesterman and older brother of
Catharina Hesterman.
References
1897 births
1971 deaths
Featherweight boxers
Olympic boxers of the Netherlands
Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Boxers from Amsterdam
Dutch male boxers
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