Edwin Jongejans

Edwin Jongejans
	Edwin Jongejans in 1984
Personal information
Born	18 December 1966 (age 58); Amstelveen, the Netherlands
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Diving
Club	Saltor Amsterdam
Medal record
Representing the Netherlands
World Championships
European Championships

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.^[1] Between 1989 and 1995 Jongejans won one world and two European titles in the 1 m springboard.^[2] In 1991 he was chosen as the Dutch Sportsman of the year.^[3]

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

^ Edwin Jongejans Archived 17 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
^ Wasserspringen – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren), Wasserspringen – Europameisterschaften Herren . sport-komplett.de
^ Sportman van het jaar. olympischsporterfgoed.nl

Awards
Preceded by Erik Breukink	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Bart Veldkamp

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[r1-1] Edwin Jongejans Archived 17 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

[r3-2] Wasserspringen – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren), Wasserspringen – Europameisterschaften Herren . sport-komplett.de

[r2-3] Sportman van het jaar. olympischsporterfgoed.nl

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