Anthonij Johannes Guépin (2 May 1897 – 16 August 1964) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

in Paris, France. With helmsman Joop Carp and fellow crew member

Jan Vreede Jan Johannes Anthony Arnoldus Vreede (19 January 1900 Zaandam – 17 February 1989, Amsterdam) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. With helmsman Joop Carp Johan ...

, crewing the Dutch boat ''Willem Six'', Guépin took the Bronze in the

6 Metre The International Six Metre class is a class of classic racing yachts. Sixes are a '' construction class'', meaning that the boats are not identical but are all designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case International rule. At t ...

Professional life

Anthony Guépin followed Gymnasium and studied law at the

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...

He became a top manager within

Koninklijke Philips N.V. Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters is ...

due to his people skills tact and diplomacy. Guépin started his career by Philips on 15 May 1925 as lawyer in Amsterdam. He was promoted on 19 juni 1939 to secretary of the company and was in charge of the patent department. In 1958 he became vice president. Even after his retirement Guépin stayed involved by Phillips as member of the board.

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* * 1897 births 1964 deaths Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Sailors at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Den Helder Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from North Holland {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub