Henk van Gent
{{short description|Dutch sailor}}
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| fullname = Hendrik Maarten van Gent
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| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rotterdam
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| height = 1.75 m
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| classes = 470
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Hendrik Maarten "Henk" van Gent (born 10 May 1951 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands. A physical education teacher by training, he runs a sailing school in Rotterdam.
When the Netherlands boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, he 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, he took 4th place in the 470.
Sources
- {{cite sports-reference
| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/henk-van-gent-1.html
| title = Henk van Gent
| access-date = 2014-01-09
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140109221600/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/henk-van-gent-1.html
| archive-date = 2014-01-09
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011200725:mpeg21:a0404
| title = Zeilers:, We gaan'
| publisher = De Telegraaf
| date = 16 May 1980
| language = Dutch
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010621466:mpeg21:a0214
| title = Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles
| publisher = De Telegraaf
| date = 30 July 1980
| language = Dutch
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010984980:mpeg21:a0092
| title = Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers
| publisher = De waarheid
| date = 31 July 1980
| language = Dutch
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010639894:mpeg21:a0099
| title = Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis
| publisher = Amigoe
| date = 22 May 1980
| language = Dutch
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v1.pdf
| title = Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk
| publisher = Fizkultura i Sport Publishers
| year = 1981
| access-date = 2014-01-29
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017045336/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v1.pdf
| archive-date = 2013-10-17
| url-status = dead
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v2.pdf
| title = Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume II: Organisation
| publisher = Fizkultura i Sport Publishers
| year = 1981
| access-date = 2014-01-29
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017050841/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v2.pdf
| archive-date = 2013-10-17
| url-status = dead
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf
| title = Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume III: Participants and Results
| publisher = Fizkultura i Sport Publishers
| year = 1981
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Zeilcentrum-Henk-van-Gent-2048029?gid=2048029&mostPopular=&trk=tyah&trkInfo=tas%3AHenk%20van%20Gent%2Cidx%3A1-1-1
| title = Henk van Gent
| publisher = www.linkedin.com
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
External links
- {{World Sailing|henk-van-gent|id=NEDHV11}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|henk-van-gent}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{1980DutchOlympicSailingTeam}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gent, Henk van}}
Category:Dutch male sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
Category:Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – 470
Category:Sailors (sport) from Rotterdam
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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