Edwin Teixeira de Mattos

Edwin Teixeira de Mattos (28 January 1898 – 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.

Edwin Teixeira de Mattos

Teixeira de Mattos (middle) at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1898-01-28)28 January 1898 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	15 January 1976(1976-01-15) (aged 77) The Hague, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh

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.