Benjamin de Roo

Benjamin de Roo
Marianne Heemskerk, Benjamin de Roo and Tineke Lagerberg at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1940-02-11)11 February 1940
Enschede, Netherlands
Died17 May 2016(2016-05-17) (aged 76)
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics

Benjamin hielke de Roo (11 February 1940 – 17 May 2016) was an Australian gymnast. He was born in the Netherlands, but in 1957 his family emigrated to Australia. In 1960 he became an Australian citizen,[1] and competed for Australia at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

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