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Henk Kersken

Personal information

Full name

Hendrik Kersken

Nationality

Dutch

Born

(1880-01-06)6 January 1880
Bergen op Zoom

Died

3 December 1967(1967-12-03) (aged 87)
Harlingen

Sailing career

Class

8 Metre

Medal record

Sailing

Representing Netherlands
	1928 Amsterdam	8 Metre

Updated on 2014-01-22

Hendrik "Henk" Kersken (6 January 1880, Bergen op Zoom – 3 December 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. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
"Zeilen, een bij uitstek Nederlandsche sport. De Olympische wedstrijden ditmaal zeer goed bezet. — Wat zal de wind doen ?". Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartĳ (in Dutch) (Morning ed.). 1928-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
"The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2014-01-22.

v t e <1924 1928 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1932>
12 foot dinghy	Helmsman: Willem de Vries Lentsch
6 Metre	Helmsman: Hans Pluijgers Crew: Hans Fokker Carl Huisken Wim Schouten Roeffie Vermeulen
8 Metre	Helmsman: Johannes van Hoolwerff Crew: Lambertus Doedes Cornelis van Staveren Henk Kersken Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit
Substitutes	12' Dinghy: P. J. J. Huijbers 6 Metre: B. E. Ruys H. W. Schalkwijk 8 Metre: C. A. van der Stadt F. Verkade
Officials	Unknown
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 17 Officials: Unknown Total: 17
Medals	: 0 : 1 : 0 Total: 1
Sources	"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.

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