Hilbert Van Dijk
Australian fencer
Hilbert Van Dijk (24 September 1918 – 10 November 2001) was a Dutch-born Australian fencer. He was the son of Hilbert "Arie" Van Dijk (1908–1944) of Amsterdam. He captained the team épée at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Six-foot tall, and left-handed, Van Dijk was rated as among the six best épée fencers in Holland. Within a few weeks of his arrival in Australia, he joined the
Swords Club and won the New South Wales foils and épée championships. On the foundation of the Australian Fencing Association in 1949, he entered the first championships and won the first national titles in foils and épée. He won that title a second time as well as being New South Wales foils champion twice and New South Wales épée champion in five consecutive years from 1949 to 1953. In the 1950s he was a member of the All Nations Fencing Club in Sydney. He became a member of the New South Wales Olympic Council.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 Summer Olympics | 1956 |
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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