Benjamin de Roo

Benjamin hielke de Roo (11 February 1940 17 May 2016) was an Australian gymnast. He was born in the Netherlands, but in 1957 his family emigrated to Australia. In 1960 he became an Australian citizen,[1] and competed for Australia at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

Benjamin de Roo
Marianne Heemskerk, Benjamin de Roo and Tineke Lagerberg at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1940-02-11)11 February 1940
Enschede, Netherlands
Died17 May 2016(2016-05-17) (aged 76)
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics

References

  1. Year: 1962 Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. National Archives of Australia
  2. Benjamin de Roo. sports-reference.com
Benjamin de Roo in 1962
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