Hans van Goor

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Goor, not Goor.
Hans van Goor
Personal information
Born1970 (age 54–55)
Zwaag, North Holland, Netherlands
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield 25 km open water
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens 5 km open water

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.

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.

References

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


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