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Paul Hoekstra

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Paul Hoekstra
Hoekstra (left) and Anton Geurts in 1967
Personal information
Full namePaulus Joan Hoekstra
Born30 December 1944 (1944-12-30) (age 79)
Enschede, the Netherlands
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sportcanoe sprint
ClubTWV, Hengelo (NED)
KCC Gent, Gent
Medal record
Olympic Games
Representing the  Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 East Berlin K-1 500 m
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1971 Belgrade K-2 500 m

Paulus "Paul" Hoekstra (Enschede, 30 December 1944) is a Dutch-born, Belgian retired sprint canoeist who was active from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Tokyo in 1964. Hoekstra also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-2 500 m: 1971 for Belgium) and a bronze (K-1 500 m: 1966 for the Netherlands).

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