# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nijs-korevaar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:00.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nijs-korevaar"
name: "Nijs Korevaar"
slug: "nijs-korevaar"
description: "Nijs Cornelis Korevaar was a Dutch water polo player who won a European title in 1950. He competed in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1948, placing fifth in 1952. In 1948 he played all seven matches and scored four goals, and in 1952 he played all nine matches and scored at least three goals. Korevaar is the younger brother of the mathematician Jacob Korevaar. His son Jan Jaap Korevaar also became an Olympic water polo competitor."
tagline: "Dutch water polo player (1927–2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1927-12-31"
deathDate: "2016-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.60126
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Нейс Коревар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "نیتس کوروار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijs_Korevaar"
    title: "Nijs Korevaar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump