Cornelis Huig Jan "Jan-Cor" van der Greef (born 6 April 1983 in Vianen) is a Dutch sport shooter.[2] He has competed for the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also established a junior world record for a fifth-place finish at the 2003 European Championships in Brno, Czech Republic.[1] Van der Greef is a member of Snip Shooting Club (Dutch: Schietvereniging de Snip) and a resident athlete of the Royal Netherlands Shooting Federation (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Schietsport Associatie, KNSA), where he trains under head coach Nelia Heemskerk.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cornelis Huig Jan van der Greef |
| Nationality |  Netherlands |
| Born | 6 April 1983 Vianen, The Netherlands |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event | Skeet (SK125) |
| Club | Schietvereniging de Snip[1] |
| Coached by | Nella Heemskerk[1] |
Van der Greef qualified for the Dutch shooting team, as a 21-year-old, in the men's skeet at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He had registered a minimum qualifying score of 123 to join with his fellow shooter and then incoming five-time Olympian Hennie Dompeling, and fill in the second Olympic quota for the Netherlands from his fiery fifth-place finish at the European Championships a year earlier.[4][5] A newcomer to the international competition, Van der Greef shot 115 targets out of a possible 125 in the qualifying round to force a three-way tie with Great Britain's Richard Brickell and Egypt's Amr El-Gaiar for thirty-fourth place from an immense field of forty-one shooters.[4][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Jan-Cor van der Greef". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan-Cor van der Greef". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "'Als zoon van een jager vond ik het schieten nooit wreed'" ["As the son of the hunter, I found shooting not so cruel."] (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ a b Buddenberg, Fred (23 August 2004). "Voor de ervaren Dompeling is Athene geen mooie ervaring" [For the experienced Dompeling, Athens is not an incredible experience] (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's Skeet Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links
edit- Official website (in Dutch)
- Jan-Cor van der Greef at the International Shooting Sport Federation
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