Gerard de Vries Lentsch explained

Gerard de Vries Lentsch
Fullname:Gerardus de Vries Lentsch
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:23 November 1883
Birth Place:Nieuwendam, Netherlands
Death Place:Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Classes:8 Metre
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Updated:2014-01-22

Gerardus "Gerard" de Vries Lentsch (23 November 1883, Nieuwendam, North Holland – 9 July 1973, Oegstgeest) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. De Vries Lentsch, 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, Henk Kersken and Maarten de Wit.

Gerard de Vries Lentsch is the older brother of Willem de Vries Lentsch and the uncle of Wim de Vries Lentsch.

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