Hans Fokker

Hans Fokker
Personal information
Full name Hendrik Gustaaf Fokker
Nationality Dutch
Born February 18, 1900
Rotterdam
Died July 2, 1943 (aged 43)
Thanbyuzayat
Class(es) 6 Metre
Updated on 18 March 2015.

Hendrik Gustaaf "Hans" Fokker (February 18, 1900, Rotterdam - July 2, 1943, 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 in 1943 in Thanbyuzayat during internment in Burma by a tropical disease.

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