Henk van Gent

Hendrik Maarten "Henk" van Gent (born May 10, 1951 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Van Gent represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Jan Willem van den Hondel as crew, Van Gent took the 4th place in the 470.

Van Gent is a teacher of physical education by training. He runs a sailingschool in Rotterdam.

Controversy

Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.

Sources

• "Henk van Gent Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09. 
• "Zeilers: ,We gaan’" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Staartjes: „Het heeft niet meegezeten” Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 1980-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 1980-05-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
• "Henk van Gent". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.