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Paul Hoekstra

Hoekstra (left) and Anton Geurts in 1967
Personal information
Full name	Paulus Joan Hoekstra
Born	30 December 1944 (1944-12-30) (age 81) 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
Medal record Olympic Games Representing the Netherlands 1964 Tokyo K-2 1000 m World Championships 1966 East Berlin K-1 500 m Representing Belgium World Championships 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).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Sports-reference.com profile