Edwin Teixeira de Mattos
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Edwin Teixeira de Mattos (28 January 1898 ā 15 January 1976) was a Dutch bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.[1] At the last moment he was selected for the team, after Albert Levy Themans had to withdraw due to heavy strikes at his factory.[2] He was the flagbearer, and so the first Dutch flagbearer at the Olympic Winter Games.
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | (1898-01-28)28 January 1898 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died | 15 January 1976(1976-01-15) (aged 77) The Hague, Netherlands |
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Sport | Bobsleigh |
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Teixeira de Mattos was a jonkheer, coming from a noble family with Portuguese-Jewish roots.[2][3] He was employed by the Netherlands Government Information Service.