Hans Fokker
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Hendrik Gustaaf Fokker |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Rotterdam | February 18, 1900
Died | July 2, 1943 Thanbyuzayat | (aged 43)
Sailing career | |
Class | 6 Metre |
Updated on 18 March 2015 |
Hendrik Gustaaf "Hans" Fokker (February 18, 1900, in Rotterdam – July 2, 1943, in Thanbyuzayat) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Fokker as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre Kemphaan took the 4th place with helmsman Hans Pluijgers and fellow crew members: Carl Huisken, Wim Schouten and Roeffie Vermeulen.
Hans died of a tropical disease in 1943 in Thanbyuzayat during internment in Burma.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Sources
[edit]- "Hans Fokker Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- "Zeilen, een bij uitstek Nederlandsche sport. De Olympische wedstrijden ditmaal zeer goed bezet. — Wat zal de wind doen ?" (in Dutch) (Morning ed.). Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij. 1928-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1943 deaths
- World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
- Dutch male sailors (sport)
- Sportspeople from Rotterdam
- Sailors at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
- Prisoners who died in Japanese detention
- Dutch people who died in prison custody
- Infectious disease deaths in Myanmar
- Dutch civilians killed in World War II
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch sailing biography stubs