Daan Kagchelland

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Olympic Summer Games
gold Berlin 1936 O-dinghy

Daniël Marinus Johannes "Daan" Kagchelland (born March 25, 1914 in Rotterdam , † December 24, 1998 in The Hague ) was a Dutch sailor . He is the last sailor to date to win a gold medal for the Netherlands in a boat at the Olympic Games.

Daan Kagchelland, who started sailing at the age of 14, took part in the “ O-Jolle ” class in the 1936 Olympic sailing competitions off Kiel. The Olympic dinghy, or O-dinghy for short, was designed as a one-man regatta boat especially for these games. Because the boat class was new, the Olympic start was preceded by a number of qualifying races in the Netherlands, and Ricus van de Stadt traveled to Berlin as a reserve man. Kagchelland's boat in Kiel, which like all of them had been provided by the organizing committee, was named Nuremberg . The sailing competitions suffered from stormy weather, at the first regatta of the O-dinghy, winds of 7 to 8 prevailed , which proved to be an advantage for the 75 kilogram Kagchelland.

After winning the gold medal, Kagchelland, a trained mechanical engineer, was enthusiastically received in Rotterdam together with the three-time Olympic swimming champion Hendrika Mastenbroek .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Daan Kagchelland (1914-1998). Zeilhelden, accessed August 26, 2014 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Information about the O. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 27, 2014 ; Retrieved August 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.o-jolle.de
  3. ↑ John Volkers: Boot om af te blijven. July 21, 2012, accessed February 18, 2016 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ De honderdste geboortedag van Daan Kagchelland. Geschiedenis 24, March 27, 2014, accessed on August 26, 2014 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Kagchelland, Daan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kagchelland, Daniël Marinus Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch sailor and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1998
Place of death The hague