Full name Hendrik Gustaaf Fokker Nationality Dutch | Class(es) 6 Metre Name Hans Fokker | |
Born February 18, 1900 ( 1900-02-18 ) Rotterdam Died July 2, 1943(1943-07-02) (aged 43)
Thanbyuzayat | ||
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 of a tropical disease in 1943 in Thanbyuzayat during internment in Burma.
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