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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
's-Gravenzande, Netherlands |
24 March 1923||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 October 2016 Delft, Netherlands |
(aged 93)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Willem "Wim" van der Voort (24 March 1923 – 23 October 2016) was a Dutch speed skater. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Van der Voort was the silver medalist in the men's 1500 meters, finishing 0.2 seconds behind Hjalmar Andersen of Norway. He received a bronze medal at the 1953 World Allround Championships, and silver medals at the 1951 and 1953 European Championships.