Vilhelm Vett

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Vilhelm Vett sailing
Nationality: DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Birthday: December 31, 1879
Place of birth: Copenhagen
Date of death: 3rd December 1962
Place of death: Palma , Spain
Society: Kongelig Dansk Yacht Club
Boat classes: 6 m class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Paris 1924 6 m class
silver Amsterdam 1928 6 m class

Vilhelm Vett (born December 31, 1879 in Copenhagen , † December 3, 1962 in Palma , Spain ) was a Danish sailor .

successes

Vilhelm Vett, who sailed for Kongelig Dansk Yacht Club , took part twice in the Olympic Games in the 6-meter class . At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 he was the skipper of the Bonzo , which took the regatta in Le Havre in second place behind the Norwegian boat Elisabeth V led by Anders Lundgren and in front of the Willem-Six from the Netherlands with skipper Joop Carp , which means Vett and his crew members Christian Nielsen and Knud Degn won the silver medal. Four years later , Vett secured another silver medal in Amsterdam when he took second place with the Hi-Hi behind Johan Anker's Norna from Norway and Nikolai Vekšin's Tutti V from Estonia . The Hi-Hi crew also included Aage Høy-Petersen , Sven Linck , Niels Møller and Peter Schlütter .

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personal data
SURNAME Vett, Vilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish sailor
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1962
Place of death Palma , Spain