Johannes van Hoolwerff

Johannes van Hoolwerff
Personal information
Full nameJohannes Cornelis van Hoolwerff
NationalityDutch
Born(1878-04-13)13 April 1878
Hoorn, Netherlands
Died2 August 1962(1962-08-02) (aged 84)
Heemstede, 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

Johannes Cornelis van Hoolwerff (13 April 1878 in Hoorn – 2 August 1962 in Heemstede) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Hoolwerff, as helmsman on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Henk Kersken, Cornelis van Staveren, Gerard de Vries Lentsch and Maarten de Wit.