Henk Kersken Explained

Henk Kersken
Fullname:Hendrik Kersken
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:6 January 1880
Birth Place:Bergen op Zoom
Death Place:Harlingen
Classes:8 Metre
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Updated: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.

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