Paul Hoekstra

Paul Hoekstra

Paul Hoekstra (left) and Anton Geurts in 1967
Personal information
Born 30 December 1944 (1944-12-30) (age 71)
Enschede, the Netherlands
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport canoe sprint
Club TWV, Hengelo (NED)
KCC Gent, Gent

Paulus "Paul" Hoekstra (born 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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