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Wil van Beveren

Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist (died 2003)

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Born
December 28, 1911
Died
October 5, 2003
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1911

About Wil van Beveren

Wijnand "Wil" van Beveren (28 December 1911 – 5 October 2003) was a Dutch sprinter who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Van Beveren won the British AAA Championships title in the 220 yards event at the 1938 AAA Championships. He won three national titles, two in the 200 metres (1937 and 1939) and one in 100 metres (1939). After World War II, he retired from competitions and became a sports journalist, first with the weekly magazine Sport & Sportwereld and then with Emmer Courant. His two sons, Jan van Beveren and Wil van Beveren Jr., became professional football players. ��2.

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Wil van Beveren timeline

  1. He won three national titles, two in the 200 metres (1937 and 1939) and one in 100 metres (1939).
  2. Van Beveren won the British AAA Championships title in the 220 yards event at the 1938 AAA Championships.

The world when Wil van Beveren was born

Wil van Beveren was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Wil van Beveren's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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