Jan Jiskoot, Date of Birth

    

Jan Jiskoot

Dutch swimmer

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1940

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jan Jiskoot

  • Johannes "Jan" Jiskoot (born 3 March 1940 in Dordrecht) is a retired Dutch swimmer who won two medals in medley events at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.
  • He also participated in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and was sixth in the 400 m medley.
  • He started as a backstroke swimmer, but then leaned more to butterfly and medley.
  • On 18 September 1962 he set the European 100 m batterfly record at 0:59:50, becoming the first European to swim 100 m butterfly within one minute.
  • Between 1960 and 1966 he was 14 times national champion and set more than 20 national records in various backstroke, butterfly and medley events.

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