Wim Cornelis

Willem F. Cornelis (1 March 1938—27 November 2022) was a Dutch field hockey director and  of the Dutch Olympic Team at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Career
Cornelis became chairman of SV Kampong in 1969 at the age of 31 and was later appointed honorary chairman.

Cornelis was a board member of the Dutch Olympic Committee from 1981 to 1985. He was in 1988 chef de mission of the Dutch Olympic Team during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Calgary and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He was chairman of the Royal Dutch Hockey Association from 1989 to 1998. He was a board member of NOC*NSF from November 1998 until his resignation during the General Assembly of 16 November 2004. He became at that time an honorary member for his great services to the sport and received the pin of honor by chairman Erica Terpstra.

Cornelis died in November 2022 at the age of 84.

References

Category:Dutch field hockey players
Category:2022 deaths
Category:1938 births
Category:Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)