Eddy Stutterheim Explained

Eddy Stutterheim
Fullname:Edward Stutterheim
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:11 August 1908
Birth Place:Amsterdam
Death Place:Opio
Classes:Star
Dragon
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Updated:2014-01-04

Edward Stutterheim (11 August 1908, Amsterdam - 13 April 1977, Opio) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country as at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Torbay. Stutterheim, as crew member on the Dutch Star BEM II, took the bronze medal with helmsman Bob Maas. The team returned in 1952 in Helsinki where they took the 7th place.

In the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne Stutterheim was the Dragon crew for the Dutch Olympic team. However, after the Soviet invasion of Hungary, the Dutch government decided that the Dutch Olympic team would not compete.

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