About Hans van Goor
Born 1970. Hans van Goor is a Dutch swimmer.
Hans van Goor (born 1970) is a retired Dutch long-distance swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1993 European Championships. He also swam the English Channel on 4 September 1995 in a time of 8 h and 02 mins, which stood as a European record until 2003. He is the coach and husband of fellow long-distance swimmer Edith van Dijk.
Van Goor studied econometrics and law at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He is Chief Operating Officer at the sports-oriented DSB Bank, where he has been employed since 1994. Since early 2019 Hans van Goor took a position of CEO of the Dutch startup company, related to Discoperi Inc.
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Dutch swimmer
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Hans van Goor was born in 1970.
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