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Henk Kersken

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Henk Kersken
Personal information
Full nameHendrik Kersken
NationalityDutch
Born(1880-01-06)6 January 1880
Bergen op Zoom
Died3 December 1967(1967-12-03) (aged 87)
Harlingen
Sailing career
Class8 Metre
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 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

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  • "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.