Henk Kersken
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| Full name | Hendrik Kersken | |||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||
| Born |
January 6, 1880 Bergen op Zoom | |||||||||
| Died |
December 3, 1967 (aged 87) Harlingen | |||||||||
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| Class(es) | 8 Metre | |||||||||
Medal record
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Hendrik "Henk" Kersken (January 6, 1880, Bergen op Zoom - December 3, 1967, Harlingen) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Kersken, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with helmsman Johannes van Hoolwerff and fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Cornelis van Staveren, Gerard de Vries Lentsch and Maarten de Wit.
Sources
- "Henk Kersken Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- "Zeilen, een bij uitstek Nederlandsche sport. De Olympische wedstrijden ditmaal zeer goed bezet. — Wat zal de wind doen ?" (in Dutch) (Morning ed.). Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij. 1928-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
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