 Kievit with the 1950 Dutch swimming team | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 June 1931 Best, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 2020(2020-07-29) (aged 89) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | PSV, Eindhoven | |||||||||||
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Cornelis Marinus "Kees" Kievit (5 June 1931 – 29 July 2020) was a Dutch swimmer who won a silver medal in the 100 m backstroke event at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships. He also participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals. Between 1948 and 1951 he was 4 times national champion and set 12 national records in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke events.
References
- Kees Kievit's obituary (in Dutch)
- EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). gbrathletics.com
- Kees Kievit. sports-reference.com
- Kees Kievit Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. zwemmenindepolder.nl
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