Herman Carel Looman (8 November 1907 – December 1989) 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 as at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

. Looman, as crew member 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 ...

''De Ruyter'', took the 8th place with helmsman

Joop Carp Johan Robert "Joop" Carp (30 January 1897 in Tjomal, Dutch East Indies – 25 March 1962 in Johannesburg) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium. With crew Berna ...

and fellow crew members:

Ansco Dokkum Ansco Jan Heeble Dokkum (9 May 1904, Sneek – 30 December 1985, Amsterdam) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country as at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Dokkum, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre ''De Ruyt ...

Ernst Moltzer Ernst Octavianus Moltzer (1 May 1910 – 15 November 1941) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country as at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Ernst, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre ''De Ruyter'', took the 8th ...

and

Kees Jonker Cornelis Wilhelm "Kees" Jonker (29 March 1909 in Amsterdam – 2 February 1987 in Steinach am Brenner) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Jonker, as crew member on the Dutch 6&nbs ...

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* 1907 births 1989 deaths Sportspeople from Amsterdam Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic sailors for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub