Frank Alexander Hettinga (born 26 November 1971, in
Sneek
Sneek (; fy, Snits) is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân (Southwest Friesland). Th ...
) is a
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
The profession of the s ...
from the
Netherlands
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, who represented his country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Savannah
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to rea ...
. Hettinga as crew in the Dutch
Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...
with
Willem Potma
Willem Nico Potma (born 12 March 1969 in Sneek) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Potma as helmsman in the Dutch Flying Dutchman with his brother Gerhard Potma as crew took t ...
as helmsman and
Gerhard Potma
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 Pot ...
as fellow crew Hettinga took 1st place.
Professional life
Source:
* Owner: ''Easysup Supstore (2013 – Present)''
* Owner: ''Hettinga Jacht Service (2007 – Present)''
* Director: ''Hettinga Jacht-Service (2007 – Present)''
* Director and owner: '' (1998–2007)''
* Project manager: ''Royal Deck (2008–2011)''
* Production coordinator: ''de Vries Makkum (2010–2013)''
Further reading
1996 Olympics (Savannah)
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References
Living people
1971 births
Sportspeople from Sneek
Dutch male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling
Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch people
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