Henry Arthur Koning (born 29 June 1960 in Zaandam) 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

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, who represented his country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Pusan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

. With

Hans Schelling Johannes "Hans" Schelling (27 October 1954, Leiderdorp – 20 May 2008, Zoetermeer) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. With Henry Koning as helmsman, Schelling took the 15th plac ...

as crew, Koning took the 15th place in the Flying Dutchman. Koning represented

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

during the

2008 Vintage Yachting Games The 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was the first post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event took place on the IJsselmeer of Medemblik, the Netherlands, from 20 September to 27 September 2008. A total of 66 sai ...

Medemblik Medemblik () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. It lies immediately south of the polder and former municipality of Wieringermeer. History Medemblik was a prosperous ...

in the Flying Dutchman with Rob Taal as crew. The team made 4th place. In the

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Koning and Taal returned to the Vintage Yachting Games in

Lake Como Lake Como ( it, Lago di Como , ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh de Còmm , ''Cómm'' or ''Cùmm'' ), also known as Lario (; after the la, Larius Lacus), is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of , making it the thir ...

also for Bonaire. They finished again 4th.

Professional life

Koning works as organizational consultant for the community of Purmerend.

Sources

* * * * * * 1960 births Living people Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games Sailors at the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games Sportspeople from Zaanstad 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub