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Jan Willem van den Hondel

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Jan Willem van den Hondel
Personal information
Full nameJohannes Willem van den Hondel
NationalityDutch
Born (1957-07-24) 24 July 1957 (age 67)
Gouda
Height1.75 m (5.7 ft)
Sailing career
Class470
Updated on 2014-01-09

Johannes Willem "Jan Willem" van den Hondel (born 24 July 1957 in Gouda) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games Van den Hondel represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which several countries boycotted, in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Henk van Gent as helmsman, Van den Hondel took the 4th place in the 470.

Sources

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  • "Jan Willem van den Hondel Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
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  • "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Staartjes: „Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 1980-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 1980-05-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.