Johannes Willem "Jan Willem" van den Hondel (born 24 July 1957 in Gouda) is a

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from the

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. Since the Netherlands boycotted the

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Olympic Games Van den Hondel represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which several countries boycotted, in

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under the Dutch NOC flag. With

Henk van Gent Hendrik Maarten "Henk" van Gent (born 10 May 1951 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands. A physical education teacher by training, he runs a sailing school in Rotterdam. When the Netherlands boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, he ...

as helmsman, Van den Hondel took the 4th place in the

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* * * * * * * * Living people 1957 births Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub