Willem de Vries Lentsch

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Willem de Vries Lentsch sailing
Nationality: NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Birthday: September 10, 1886
Place of birth: Nieuwendam
Date of death: March 6, 1980
Place of death: Amsterdam
Boat classes: Finn dinghy , star
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
bronze Berlin 1936 star

Willem de Vries Lentsch senior (born September 10, 1886 in Nieuwendam , † March 6, 1980 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch sailor .

successes

Willem de Vries Lentsch made his Olympic debut in Amsterdam in 1928 , but narrowly missed a medal win in the 12-foot dinghy when he finished fourth. Like Bertel Broman , he had won two races, but since Broman had finished second twice and de Vries Lentsch only once, Broman received the bronze medal. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , whose sailing regattas were held in the Düsternbrook Olympic harbor in Kiel , he started in the star boat . With Bob Maas he won the bronze medal in third behind the German Peter Bischoffand Hans-Joachim Weise as well as Arvid Laurin and Uno Wallentin from Sweden.

There were other Olympic sailors in his family. His brother Gerard de Vries Lentsch won the silver medal in the 8-meter class in 1928, his son Wim de Vries Lentsch took part in the Olympic sailing regattas in 1948 and 1952 .

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personal data
SURNAME Vries Lentsch, Willem de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vries Lentsch, Willem senior de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch sailor
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Nieuwendam , the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1980
Place of death Amsterdam , Netherlands