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Nationality
  
Dutch

Class(es)
  
6 Metre; Dragon

Name
  
Kees Jonker


Full name
  
Cornelis Wilhelm "Kees" Jonker

Born
  
March 29, 1909 (
1909-03-29
)
Amsterdam

Died
  
February 28, 1987(1987-02-28) (aged 77) Steinach am Brenner

Cornelis Wilhelm "Kees" Jonker (March 29, 1909 in Amsterdam – February 2, 1987 in Steinach am Brenner) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Jonker, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre De Ruyter, took the 8th place with helmsman Joop Carp and fellow crew members Ansco Dokkum, Ernst Moltzer, and Herman Looman. During the 1948 Summer Olympics in Torbay, Jonker helmed the Dragon Joy, with crew members Biem Dudok van Heel and Wim van Duyl, to an 8th place.

References

Kees Jonker Wikipedia