Wim de Vries Lentsch explained

Wim de Vries Lentsch
Fullname:	Willem de Vries Lentsch, Jr.
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	31 May 1919
Birth Place:	Nieuwendam
Death Place:	Amsterdam
Classes:	Swallow 5.5 Metre
Show-Medals:	yes
Updated:	2014-01-04

Willem "Wim" de Vries Lentsch, Jr. (20 June 1914, Amsterdam – 27 January 2007, Amsterdam) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Torbay. De Vries Lentsch Jr., as helmsman on the Dutch Swallow St. Margrite, took the 11th place with crew Flip Keegstra. In the 1952 Olympics De Vries Lentsch returned as helmsman of the Dutch 5.5 Metre De Ruyter, with crew members Flip Keegstra and Piet Jan van der Giessen. There he took the 13th place.

Wim de Vries Lentsch is the son of Willem de Vries Lentsch.

Sources

• Web site: Wim de Vries Lentsch Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/wim-de-vries-lentsch-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . Sports-Reference.com . Olympic Sports . 2014-01-08.
• Web site: DE KEUZEWEDSTRIJDEN VOOR DE OLYMPISCHE SPELEN. . Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant . 1946-06-25 . Evening . 2014-01-24.
• Web site: Bronzen medailles voor Bob Maas en Koos de Jong . Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad . Dutch . 1948-08-13 . Dag . 2014-01-24.
• Web site: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 . 1951 . PDF . 2014-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035822/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf . 2011-07-16 .
• Web site: OLYMPISCHE ZEILPLOEG . De vrije pers : ochtendbulletin . 1952-06-20 . Morning . 2014-01-26.
• Web site: The Officiel Report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 . 1955 . pdf . 2014-01-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf . 2008-04-11 .