Bert van der Helm
Bert van der Helm (born 1948 in Zoeterwoude) is a former Dutch table tennis player and coach.
Career
[change | change source]Player
[change | change source]Van der Helm competed 189 times for the Dutch national team, competing at five European Championships and five World Championships.[1]
Van der Helm became 25 times national champion.[1][2]
- 12 times individual champion (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 1980)
- 8 times men’s doubles with Gerard Bakker Sr (1966 and 1970), with Nico van Slobbe (1972, 1974 en 1978), with Anton-Will van Zoelen (1977), with Han Gootzen (1980) and with René Hijne (1982).
- 6 times mixed doubles including with his wife Ellen Kort (1966, 1967 and 1969), with Aukje Wynia (1970), with Mieke Arntz (1977) and with Ine Willems (1980)
Coach
[change | change source]Van der Helm became table tennis coach. During the 1980s he was head coach of the men’s national team and have been criticized by players.[3] In 1994 he refused to become head coach of the Dutch national team.[4]
Other websites
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bert van der Helm: 'Eigen mensen opleiden en meer binding!'". 2007 European Veterans Championships (in Dutch). 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ Nederlandse kampioenen NTTB, 2012
- ↑ "Tafeltennis". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 17 May 1984. Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Bert van der Helm bedankt". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 20 December 1994. Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via Delpher.