Hendrik Ate "Han" Bergsma (born 16 February 1961, in

Akkrum Akkrum is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality Heerenveen, about 17 km south of the city of Leeuwarden. Akkrum had about 3,395 inhabitants in 2017. History The village was first mentioned in 1315 as ...

) is a

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from the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, who represented his country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

. Bergsma 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

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as helmsman and

Peter Burggraaff Peter Burggraaff (born 16 March 1971, in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Burgraaff as crew in the Dutch Soling with Roy Heiner Roy Heiner (born 22 Novemb ...

as fellow crew member, Bergsma took 18th place.

Professional life

Bergsma is nowadays Manager projectsupport at

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References

Living people 1961 births People from Boarnsterhim Sportspeople from Friesland Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors of the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub

Professional life

Further reading

1992 Olympics (Barcelona)

References