Willem Gevers
Baron Willem Johan Gijsbert Gevers (11 January 1911 – 23 May 1994[1]), lord of Kethel en Spaland, was a Dutch nobleman and diplomat who competed in the mid-1930s in bobsledding.
Gevers was born in Berlin, son of the Dutch Envoy to Germany . At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished tenth in the two-man event. He later became Dutch Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He died, aged 83, in Monaco.
References[]
- ^ Willem, Gevers Johan Gijsbert at the NOS*NSF Olympic Archives
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- 1911 births
- 1994 deaths
- Ambassadors of the Netherlands to the United Kingdom
- Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Dutch nobility
- Olympic bobsledders of the Netherlands
- Dutch male bobsledders
- European bobsleigh biography stubs
- Dutch winter sports biography stubs