Cobie Floor

Cobie Floor
Floor (right) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameJacoba Georgina Bernarda "Cobie" Floor (-van Daatselaar)
NationalityDutch
Born(1930-05-20)20 May 1930
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died25 April 2017(2017-04-25) (aged 86)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sport
SportDiving
ClubADZ, Amsterdam

Jacoba Georgina Bernarda "Cobie" Floor (-van Daatselaar) first name also written as Coby (20 May 1930 – 25 April 2017) was a Dutch diver. She was trained by trainer Bosch.[1]

Floor made her debut at the Dutch championships in 1943 and finished fourth. She classified second in second in 1944 and won the title in 1946[2] and 1947.[3] Because of her achievements, she was selected by the KNZB to participate at the 1947 European Championships in Monaco.[4] At these championships she finished sixth.[5]

She finished second during an international competition in March 1948.[6] Floor won the silver medal at the national championships in 1948 behind Kiki Heck. Both would represent the Netherlands a few weeks later at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's 3 metre springboard event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[7] She did not perform well during the first series of four compulsory dives. According to the newspaper she did not seem to be rested. She was ranked 12th after the four compulsory jumps,[8] and would stay 12th after the four facultative dives.[9]

She won the silver medal at the national championships in 1950 behind Leni Lanting-Keller.[10] Floor married swimmer Rinus van Daatselaar.[11] She died in 2017.[12]

  1. ^ "Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant | 29 juli 1948 | pagina 5 - Krantenbank Zeeland".
  2. ^ De Ned. zwemkampioenschappen brengen geen records, Leidsche Courant, 12 August 1946
  3. ^ "Leidse Courant | 11 augustus 1947 | pagina 4". Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken.
  4. ^ Selectie Monaco, De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland, 11 August 1947
  5. ^ Monte Carlo: nieuwe hoop op Nederlandse successen, De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland, 13 September 1947
  6. ^ "Leidsch Dagblad | 8 maart 1948 | pagina 6". Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cobie Floor Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant | 3 augustus 1948 | pagina 5 - Krantenbank Zeeland".
  9. ^ De vierde dag der Olympiade, de Stem, 4 August 1948, p. 3
  10. ^ "Leidse Courant | 7 augustus 1950 | pagina 6". Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken.
  11. ^ De Robben waren er het allereerst, De Waarheid, 27 August 1951
  12. ^ Cobie Floor at Olympedia