Henk van Gent explained

Henk van Gent
Fullname:Hendrik Maarten van Gent
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:10 May 1951
Birth Place:Rotterdam
Height:1.75 m
Classes:470
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Updated:2014-01-09

Hendrik Maarten "Henk" van Gent (born 10 May 1951 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands. A physical education teacher by training, he runs a sailing school in Rotterdam.

When the Netherlands boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, he represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Jan Willem van den Hondel as crew, he took 4th place in the 470.

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