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Fred van der Zwan
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Fred van der Zwan

Born
16 October 1935
Died
12 July 2018
Age
82 years
Resting place
Netherlands Countries

Biography

Frederik Willem (Fred) van der Zwan (Willemstad, Curaçao, 16 oktober 1935 - Delft, 12 juli 2018) was een Nederlands waterpolospeler.

Zwemmen

In de tweede helft van de jaren vrijftig was hij (wedstrijd)zwemmer namens de Nederlandse Antillen en DZV. Fred van der Zwan nam als waterpoloër eenmaal deel aan de Olympische Spelen van 1960. Hij eindigde met het Nederlands team op de achtste plaats. In de competitie speelde Van der Zwan voor DZV uit Delft. Hij was daar ook jeugdtrainer.

Persoonlijk

Hij was zoon van Aleida Geertruida Slee en Jan van der Zwan, werkzaam bij de Curaçaose Petroleum Industrie Maatschappij. Vanuit de H.J.A> Schroederschool en de AMS (Peter Stuyvesant College) kon hij in 1953 gaan studeren. Hij studeerde aan de Technische Hogeschool Delft werktuigbouwkunde (kandidaats in 1959) en wiskundig ingenieur (1961). Na zijn actieve loopbaan verdiepte hij zich in het werk van en Antillianse schilder Machiel Hagedoorn (Giel Hagedoorn). Het resulteerde in het boek Hagedoorn Timmerman met verf op Curaçao 1911-1988.

Hij overleed op 82-jarige leeftijd in Delft en werd gecremeerd in Crematorium Hofwijk in Rotterdam.

Source: Wikipedia, available under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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