Personal information | |
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Full name | Hans Sleeswijk |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 31 January 1935
Died | 1 January 2024 88) Lage Vuursche, Netherlands | (aged
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Sailing career | |
Class | Finn |
Updated on 2024. |
Hans Sleeswijk (31 January 1935 – 1 January 2024) was a Dutch sailor, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples in the Finn. Sleeswijk took the 24th place. In the previous Olympics in Melbourne Sleeswijk was the spare sailor for the Dutch Olympic team. However, after the Soviet invasion in Hungary the Dutch government decided that the Dutch Olympic team would not compete. He also was a professional television- and theatre-producer, the same as his famous father René sr. and his brother René van Vooren. Sleeswijk died on 1 January 2024, at the age of 88.[1]
References
- ↑ "Overlijdensbericht Hans Sleeswijk". Soester Courant. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
Sources
- "Hans Sleeswijk Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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