Cornelis van Staveren
Personal information
Full nameCornelis van Staveren
NationalityDutch
Born(1889-06-14)14 June 1889
Leimuiden, Netherlands
Died10 April 1982(1982-04-10) (aged 92)
Oude Wetering, Netherlands
Sailing career
Class8 Metre
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1928 Amsterdam 8 Metre
Updated on 2014-01-22.

Cornelis van Staveren (14 June 1889 in Leimuiden – 10 April 1982, Oude Wetering) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Staveren, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with helmsman Johannes van Hoolwerff and fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Henk Kersken, Gerard de Vries Lentsch and Maarten de Wit.

Sources

  • "Cornelis van Staveren Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  • "Zeilen, een bij uitstek Nederlandsche sport. De Olympische wedstrijden ditmaal zeer goed bezet. — Wat zal de wind doen ?" (in Dutch) (Morning ed.). Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij. 1928-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  • "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2014-01-22.


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