Gerhard Potma Explained

Gerhard Potma
Fullname:	Gerhardus Johannes Cornelis Potma
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	29 August 1967
Birth Place:	Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
Death Place:	Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
Height:	1.84 m
Classes:	Flying Dutchman Soling
Medaltemplates-Title:	Competition record
Show-Medals:	yes
Updated:	20 February 2014

Gerhard Potma (29 August 1967, in Sneek – 31 March 2006, in Sneek) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Potma as crew in the Dutch Flying Dutchman with his brother, Willem Potma, as helmsman took the 18th place. In 1996 Potma returned to the Olympics in Savannah. Again with his brother as helmsman and Frank Hettinga as crew. Potma took 15th place in the Soling.

Further reading

• Web site: Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination . COOB'92 S.A. . Barcelona . 1992 . 19 February 2014 . 23 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110823013802/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s1.pdf . dead.
• Web site: Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues . COOB'92 S.A. . Barcelona . 1992 . 19 February 2014 . 8 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808033913/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf . dead.
• Web site: Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games . COOB'92 S.A. . Barcelona . 1992 . 19 February 2014 . 8 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808034402/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s3.pdf . dead.
• Web site: Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer . Barcelona . 1992 . 19 February 2014 . 15 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715094055/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s4.pdf . dead.
• Web site: Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results . COOB'92 S.A. . Barcelona . 1992 . 19 February 2014 . 27 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222351/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf . dead.

• Web site: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume I Planning and Organization . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 19 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120616041701/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v1.pdf . 16 June 2012.
• Web site: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 19 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715195716/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v2.pdf . 15 July 2012.
• Web site: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 19 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120716071036/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf . 16 July 2012.