Edwin Jongejans

{{short description|Dutch diver}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Edwin Jongejans

| image = Edwin Jongejans.jpg

| caption = Edwin Jongejans in 1984

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 December 1966}}

| birth_place = Amstelveen, the Netherlands

| height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Diving

| club = Saltor Amsterdam

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1991 Perth | 1 m springboard}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1989 Bonn | 1 m springboard}}

{{MedalGold| 1995 Vienna | 1 m springboard}}

{{MedalBronze| 1991 Athens | 1 m springboard}}

}}

Edwin Jongejans (born 18 December 1966) is a retired diver from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic in the springboard event and finished in eights and seventh place, respectively. His sister Daphne competed in the same event at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Between 1989 and 1995 Jongejans won one world and two European titles in the 1 m springboard. In 1991 he was chosen as the Dutch Sportsman of the year.

He coached Team GB's Hannah Starling at the 3 metre springboard and has coached her as far as the semi-finals of the woman's 3 metre springboard during the London 2012 Olympics. His pupils Jack Laugher and Chris Mears won gold at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics. In 2018 Jongejans returned to Holland and became coach of the Dutch diving team.

References

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[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/edwin-jongejans-1.html Edwin Jongejans] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117193757/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/edwin-jongejans-1.html |date=17 January 2014 }}. sports-reference.com

[http://www.olympischsporterfgoed.nl/cms/showpage.aspx?id=10765 Sportman van het jaar]. olympischsporterfgoed.nl

[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/w/wasserspringen/hst/25.html Wasserspringen – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren)], [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/w/wasserspringen/hst/30.html Wasserspringen – Europameisterschaften Herren ]. sport-komplett.de

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{{succession box|title=Dutch Sportsman of the Year|before=Erik Breukink |after=Bart Veldkamp|years=1991}}

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Category:1966 births

Category:Living people

Category:Dutch male divers

Category:Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic divers for the Netherlands

Category:Sportspeople from Haarlemmermeer

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen

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