Hannes de Boer

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| nationality = Dutch

| sport = Athletics

| event = long jump

| club = Te Werve, Rijswijk

| birth_date = 2 December 1899

| birth_place = Hollum, Friesland, Netherlands

| death_date = 2 April 1982 (aged 81)

| death_place = Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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Hannes de Boer (2 December 1899 – 2 April 1982) was a Dutch long jumper. He took part in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928. He finished in sixth place in 1928, jumping a distance of 6.32m.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73798 |title=Hannes de Boer |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 October 2021}}

Biography

De Boer was born in Hollum, on the West Frisian island of Ameland. He won six Dutch national titles in the long jump and set six Dutch records. The longest jump, 7.37m reached in 1928, would only be broken in 1951.This was not De Boer's last record though. The 7.37m was set at an event in London on June 6, 1928, but it was only recognized in 1932, when the Royal Netherlands Athletics Union decided to recognize achievements set abroad as records. See also #Dutch national records.

De Boer was also a member of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres relay team that set a national record in 1926. This record was broken in 1934 by a relay team that included Chris Berger and Tinus Osendarp.

He won the British AAA Championships title in the long jump event at the 1928 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19280707/246/0012 |title=Peltzer fails to come back |work=London Daily Chronicle |date=7 July 1928 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19280709/311/0015 |title=Champions of the AAA |work=Daily News (London) |date=9 July 1928 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }} and the 1931 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19310704/264/0013 |title=Athletics records may be smashed today |work=Daily News (London) |date=4 July 1931 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 January 2025 }} Shortly after the 1928 AAAs, he represented the Netherlands at his second Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

He worked as an office clerk, but later became a cameraman for Dutch cinema newsreels. He died in Rijswijk, near The Hague, in 1982.