Johan Burk

Johan Frederik Karel Hendrik Jacob Burk (born 11 May 1887 in Amsterdam – ?), later known as John Burk, was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]

Burk in 1907
Olympic medal record
Men's rowing
Bronze medal – third place1908 London Men's coxless four

After a four months training period, he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in the coxless four event. He and the other of the team were a member of “de Amstel” and were trained by J. J. K. Ooms.[2] The team won the bronze medal in the coxless four.

In 1910, he married Anna Helena Albertiene Schuitema in Amsterdam. In 1914, he moved to Natal, South Africa, but shortly after immigrated to the United States. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and later worked as a clerk and bookkeeper in Brooklyn, New York. His wife died in Florida in 1957.[3]

References
  1. "Johan Burk". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het nieuws van den dag : Kleine courant".
  3. "Obituaries". Tampa Bay Times. 23 May 1957. p. 56. Retrieved 4 June 2023.


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