Gerhard Potma
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Full name | Gerhardus Johannes Cornelis Potma | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||
Born | Sneek | 29 August 1967|||||||||||||
Died | 31 March 2006 | (aged 38)|||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6.0 ft) | |||||||||||||
Sailing career | ||||||||||||||
Class(es) | Flying Dutchman Soling | |||||||||||||
Competition record
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Updated on 20 February 2014. |
Gerhard Potma (29 August 1967, in Sneek – 31 March 2006, in Sneek) was a sailor from the Netherlands,[1] who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Potma as crew in the Dutch Flying Dutchman[2] with his brother, Willem Potma,[3] as helmsman took the 18th place.[4][5] In 1996 Potma returned to the Olympics in Savannah. Again with his brother as helmsman and Frank Hettinga as crew. Potma took 15th place in the Soling.[1]
Further reading[]
1992 Olympics (Barcelona) Spain (ESP)[]
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer" (PDF). Barcelona. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
1996 Olympics (Savannah) United States (USA)[]
- "The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume I Planning and Organization" (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games" (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results" (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
References[]
- ^ a b "Gerhard Potma Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ^ "Twentse surfster redt eer zeilvloot". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 3 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
Categories:
- 1969 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Sneek
- Sportspeople from Friesland
- Dutch male sailors (sport)
- Dutch windsurfers
- Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Olympic sailors of the Netherlands
- Dutch yacht racing biography stubs