Paul Hoekstra
 Hoekstra (left) and Anton Geurts in 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paulus Joan Hoekstra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1944 (age 79) Enschede, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TWV, Hengelo (NED) KCC Gent, Gent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paulus "Paul" Hoekstra (Enschede, 30 December 1944) is a Dutch-born, Belgian retired sprint canoeist who was active from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Tokyo in 1964. Hoekstra also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1971 for Belgium) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 1966 for the Netherlands).
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Sports-reference.com profile