Henk Kersken

Personal information

Full name

Hendrik Kersken

Nationality

Dutch

Born

January 6, 1880
Bergen op Zoom

Died

December 3, 1967 (aged 87)
Harlingen

Sailing career

Medal record

Sailing
Representing Netherlands
	1928 Amsterdam	8 Metre

Updated on 2014-01-22.

Hendrik "Henk" Kersken (January 6, 1880, Bergen op Zoom – December 3, 1967, Harlingen) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Kersken, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with helmsman Johannes van Hoolwerff and fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Cornelis van Staveren, Gerard de Vries Lentsch and Maarten de Wit.

Sources

"Henk Kersken Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-08. 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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