Henk van Gent
Dutch sailor
Personal information | |
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Full name | Hendrik Maarten van Gent |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | (1951-05-10) 10 May 1951 (age 73) Rotterdam |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Sailing career | |
Class | 470 |
Updated on 2014-01-09 |
Hendrik Maarten "Henk" van Gent (born 10 May 1951 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands. A physical education teacher by training, he runs a sailing school in Rotterdam.
When the Netherlands boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, he represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Jan Willem van den Hondel as crew, he took 4th place in the 470.
Sources
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henk van Gent". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 16 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 22 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "Henk van Gent". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
External links
- Henk van Gent at World Sailing
- Henk van Gent at Olympics.com
- Henk van Gent at Olympedia
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- Helmsman: Mark Neeleman
- Helmsman: Henk van Gent
- Crew: Jan Willem van den Hondel
- Helmsman: Erik Vollebregt
- Crew: Sjoerd Vollebregt
- Helmsman: Willem van Walt Meijer
- Crew: Govert Brasser
- Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst
- Crew: Kobus Vandenberg
- Helmsman: Geert Bakker
- Crew: Dick Coster
- Steven Bakker
- Flying Dutchman: Henri van der Aat
- Star: Kees Douze
- Soling: Frank de Vos
- Chef de Equipe: Ben Staartjes
- Coach: Jack van Hellemond
- Bernard de Roos
- Equipment: Gert Pauli
- Female: 0
- Male: 13
- Officials: 3
- Total: 19
: 0
: 0
: 0
- Total: 0
- "Zeilers: ,We gaan'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 16 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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