Hendrik Jan "Hans" Pluijgers (13 October 1886 in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

– 7 December 1974 in

Wassenaar Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a municipality and town located in the province of South Holland, on the western coast of the Netherlands. An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the Nort ...

) was 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 ) , 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 native country at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. Pluijgers as helmsman on the Dutch

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 ...

''Kemphaan'' took the 4th place with crew members: Hans Fokker, Carl Huisken,

Wim Schouten Willem "Wim" Schouten (5 May 1878 – 18 January 1941) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Schouten, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre The International Six Me ...

and Roeffie Vermeulen.

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* * * Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Sailors at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Sportspeople from Rotterdam 1886 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub