About Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau
Lived 1944 – 1998 (aged 53). Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau was a Dutch physicist and university teacher.
Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau (13 September 1944, Leiden – 2 April 1998, Weteringbrug) was a Dutch biomechanist. He made large contributions to the field of biomechanics, particularly muscle coordination, energetics of movement, and the functions of biarticular muscles. He focused on speed skating in particular, and played a significant part in the invention of the clap skate.
He died of cancer in 1998.
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Dutch scientist
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Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau was born on 13 September 1944.
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Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau died on 2 April 1998.
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Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau was a physicist and university teacher.
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Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau was Dutch.
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