Kees Hoving

Kees Hoving (1919 – 1991) was a Dutch swimmer who specialized in the 100m freestyle event.

He won the 1938 European Aquatics Championships with a time of 59.8 seconds, becoming the first Dutch male athlete to win a European swimming title and to swim 100 meters within one minute.

[1] After that he did not compete internationally, except for the 1947 European Aquatics Championships, due to World War II and later due to a conflict with his swimming club.

His records were broken only in 1950, by Joris Tjebbes.

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