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Born | Hilversum, Netherlands | February 28, 1971
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Sport | Water polo |
Jacobus "Koos" Issard (born February 28, 1971) [1] is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, Issard was a member of the squad that was tenth in the final rankings in Atlanta, Georgia.
Chan Chong Ming is a Malaysian former badminton player and a current head coach of Malaysian national women's doubles squad. He is two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalists in the men's doubles, winning the title in 2002 and 2006. Chan also won the men's doubles bronze medals at the World Championships in 2001 and 2005; in the Asian Games in 2002; Asian Championships in 2004; and at the SEA Games in 2001 and 2005. He also helps the national team win the mixed team title at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, and the men's team title at the SEA Games in 2001 and 2005. Chan reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's doubles in April 2002.
The Netherlands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 201 competitors, 117 men and 84 women, took part in 105 events in 20 sports.
Jacob "Koos" Arnold Maasdijk is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won the gold medal with the men's eights at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He had also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the men's fours.
Koo Kien Keat is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. He succeeded in both men's and mixed doubles but is best known for his partnership with Tan Boon Heong with whom, he reached a career high ranking of world number 1.
Tan Boon Heong is a former World No.1 Malaysian professional badminton player in the men's doubles event.
Peter Blangé is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul. Four years later, he helped the Dutch national team win the silver medal in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Blangé then won the gold medal with the national team in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta by defeating Italy in the final. His final Olympic appearance as an athlete was in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he played his 500th game with the Dutch team. He was a setter.
Jacobus ("Koos") Moerenhout is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. Moerenhout was named as Dutch national coach in 2018 by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union (KNWU), and the Netherlands won the World Championship, with Mathieu van der Poel in 2023 in Glasgow.
Thiers Issard or Thiers Issard Sabatier is a French cutlery manufacturer; they are one of a number of companies using the Sabatier name. It exports a wide range of knives and straight razors to approximately thirty countries. They are viewed as one of the top cutlery firms in Europe.
Les Issards is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch-Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion, winning the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, and in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle at the 2012 Olympics. Kromowidjojo holds the world record as part of the Dutch team in the 4×50 m freestyle relay. She formerly held world records in the 50 meter freestyle, and the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays. She won a total of 45 medals in FINA World Championship events.
The Netherlands national water polo team represents the Netherlands in men's international water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team won bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Edward Stutterheim was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country as at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Torbay. Stutterheim, as crew member on the Dutch Star BEM II, took the bronze medal with helmsman Bob Maas. The team returned in 1952 in Helsinki where they took the 7th place.
Jacobus Hermanus Hendrik Jan "Koos" de Jong was a sailor from the Netherlands. He competed in the Firefly event at the 1948 Olympics and in the Finn event at the 1952 Games and won a bronze medal in 1948, placing fourth in 1952. De Jong won several medals at European championships, including the gold in 1959.
Abraham Everardus "Biem" Dudok van Heel was a sailor from the Netherlands. He competed in the Dragon class at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Olympics and finished in 8th, 6th and 13th place, respectively. He missed the 1956 Games due to their boycott by the Netherlands. In 1952, he sailed alongside his younger brother Michiel Dudok van Heel.
Jakob Frederik "Sjaak" Köhler was a Dutch water polo player and swimmer. He finished in seventh and fifth place with the Dutch water polo team at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics; at both Games he played three matches and scored four and two goals, respectively. In 1924 he also competed in two freestyle swimming events, but failed to reach the finals. His cousin Koos played water polo alongside Sjaak at the 1928 Olympics.
Luca Cupido is an American water polo player born in Italy who played for the University of California, Berkeley. He was part of the American team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished in tenth place. Con la nazionale giovanile italiana ha vinto due medaglie d'oro ai Mondiali e una ai Campionati Europei.
Koos de Haas was a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Koos Schouwenaar was a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II.
Koo Ja-chung is a South Korean archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.