Hans Fokker

Personal information

Full name

Hendrik Gustaaf Fokker

Nationality

Dutch

Born

February 18, 1900
Rotterdam

Died

July 2, 1943 (aged 43)
Thanbyuzayat

Sailing career

Class(es)

6 Metre

Medal record

Sailing
Competitor for Netherlands
Olympic Games
	1928 Zuiderzee	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.

Sources

"Hans Fokker Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. 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.

<1924 1928 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1932>

12 foot dinghy	Helmsman: Willem de Vries Lentsch

6 Metre	Helmsman: Hans Pluijgers Crew: Hans Fokker Carl Huisken Wim Schouten Roeffie Vermeulen

8 Metre	Helmsman: Johannes van Hoolwerff Crew: Lambertus Doedes Cornelis van Staveren Henk Kersken Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit

Substitutes	12' Dinghy: P. J. J. Huijbers 6 Metre: B. E. Ruys H. W. Schalkwijk 8 Metre: C. A. van der Stadt F. Verkade

Officials	Unknown

Team size	Female: 0 Male: 17 Officials: Unknown Total: 17

Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 1 03 !: 0 Total: 1

Sources	"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.

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