Nick de Jong (sailor)

Nick de Jong

Nick de Jong in 1964
Personal information
Full name	Nicolaas Pieter "Nick" de Jong
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1942-03-25) 25 March 1942 Huizen, the Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Flying Dutchman; Soling; Dragon
Coach	Jacques Stap 1968
Updated on 2014-01-08.

Nicolaas Pieter "Nick" de Jong (born 25 March 1942) is a retired sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Enoshima. De Jong, as crew on the Dutch Flying Dutchman Daisy (H157), took the 6th place with helmsman Ben Verhagen. During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco he crewed Daisy (H187), again with helmsman Ben Verhagen to and an 18th place in the Flying Dutchman. For the 1972 Olympics De Jong made the switch from the Flying Dutchman to crew on the Soling with helmsman Heike Blok and Rolf Kurpershoek. This team was nominated for the games by the KNWV. The nomination however did not resulted in a selection by the Dutch NOC.

Later De Jong was Chef d' équipe for the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team in 1992 and 1996. Nowadays De Jong helms the Dragon NED 22 and took part at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games. Here he reached the 4th place with crew members Don van Arem and Miguel Karsters.

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<1960 1964 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1968> Finn Helmsman: Hans Willems Flying Dutchman Helmsman: Ben Verhagen Crew: Nick de Jong Star No Dutch Representation Dragon Helmsman: Wim van Duyl Crew: Henny Scholtz Jan Jongkind (Active in races 1-2) 5.5 Metre No Dutch Representation Substitutes Flying Dutchman: Ulrik Jager Dragon helmsman: Cor Groot Dragon crew: Dick Wayboer (Active in races 3-7) Officials Chef d' équipe: Gé van Luyn Team size Female: 0 Male: 8 Officials: 1 Total: 9 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0 Sources "Zeilploeg voor Tokio bekend" (in Dutch). Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. 1964-05-09. Retrieved 2014-01-21.  "Kunde" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). De Telegraaf. 1964-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

<1964 1968 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1972> Finn Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Flying Dutchman Helmsman: Ben Verhagen Crew: Nick de Jong Star No Dutch Representation Dragon Helmsman: Cor Groot Crew: Jan Bol Pieter de Zwart 5.5 Metre No Dutch Representation Substitutes Finn: Frits Beck Flying Dutchman: Simon Korver Dragon: Fred Imhoff Officials Chef d' équipe: Sjoerd Rodenhuis Flying Dutchman coach: Jacques Stap Team size Female: 0 Male: 9 Officials: 2 Total: 11 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0 Sources "De Nederlandse afvaardiging" (in Dutch). Limburgsch dagblad. 1968-10-11. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

<1988 1992 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1996> Lechner A-390 Female Surfer: Dorien de Vries Lechner A-390 Male Surfer: Stephan van den Berg Europe Female Helmsman: Martine van Leeuwen Finn No Dutch Representation 470 Female No Dutch Representation 470 Male Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven Flying Dutchman Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Gerhard Potma Tornado Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Paul Manuel Star Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Jos Schrier Soling Helmsman: Roy Heiner Crew: Peter Burggraaff Han Bergsma Substitutes Unknown Officials Chef d' équipe: Nick de Jong Coach: Jeroen Pels Equipment: Henk Tebbertman Team size Female: 2 Male: 12 Officials: 3 Total: 16 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 1 Total: 1 Sources "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1992-06-01. Retrieved 2014-02-01.  "Assenaar klusjesman Olympische zeilploeg Op weg naar Barcelona". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 1992-07-17. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

<1992 1996 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2000> Mistral One Design Female Surfer: Dorien de Vries Mistral One Design Male Surfer: Martijn van Geemen Europe Female Helmsman: Margriet Matthijsse Laser Helmsman: Serge Kats Finn Helmsman: Roy Heiner 470 Female No Dutch Representation 470 Male Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven Tornado Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Herbert Dercksen Star No Dutch Representation Soling Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Frank Hettinga Gerhard Potma Substitutes Unknown Officials Unknown Team size Female: 2 Male: 10 Officials: 0 Total: 12 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 1 03 !: 1 Total: 2 Reference To be looked up