Cornelis van Staveren

Cornelis van Staveren
Personal information
Full nameCornelis van Staveren
NationalityDutch
Born(1889-06-14)14 June 1889
Leimuiden, Netherlands
Died10 April 1982(1982-04-10) (aged 92)
Oude Wetering, Netherlands
Sailing career
Class8 Metre
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam 8 Metre
Updated on 2014-01-22

Cornelis van Staveren (14 June 1889 in Leimuiden – 10 April 1982, Oude Wetering) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Staveren, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with helmsman Johannes van Hoolwerff and fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Henk Kersken, Gerard de Vries Lentsch and Maarten de Wit.