Hans_van_Goor

Hans van Goor

Hans van Goor

Dutch swimmer

Hans van Goor (born 1970) is a retired Dutch long distance swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1993 European Championships. He also swam the English Channel on 4 September 1995 in a time of 8 h and 02 mins, which stood as a European record until 2003.[1] He is the coach and husband of fellow long-distance swimmer Edith van Dijk.

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Goor, not Goor.
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Van Goor studied econometrics and law at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He is Chief Operating Officer at the sports-oriented DSB Bank, where he has been employed since 1994.[2] Since early 2019 Hans van Goor took a position of CEO of the Dutch startup company, related to Discoperi Inc.[citation needed]

References

  1. [1]
    Dover Life – Successful Crossings 1995
  2. [2]
    Executive Management Board DSB Bank Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine


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