Johannes "Johan" Jozef Antonius Hin (January 3, 1899

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– June 29, 1957 Haarlem) was a

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from the

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who represented his native country at the

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. During the second race one of the marks was drifting and the race was abandoned. The organizers did not have time to re-sail the race that week, and so the two remaining races were rescheduled for September 3 of that year. Because both contenders were Dutch, the organizers requested that the

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hold the race in the Netherlands. With his father

Cornelis Hin Cornelis Nicolaas Hin (6 October 1869 – 21 October 1944) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium. During the second race one of the marks was drifting and the race wa ...

as helmsmen, Hin won the first race. His brother

Frans Hin Franciscus "Frans" Fidelio Joseph Hin (January 29, 1906 Haarlem - March 6, 1968, Haarlem) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium. During the second race one of the mar ...

crewed the remaining races in the Netherlands on the Buiten IJ, in front of

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near

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. Hin took the gold over the combined series with the boat ''Beatrijs III''.Although the sources named the boat as ''Beatrijs III'', that boat was built in 1924. So probably the boat used was the ''Beatrijs I'', which was built in 1917. In the 1924 Olympics, Hin took part in the French National Monotype and took 5th place. Later Hin went to a

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. There he specialized in making

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s. His first films had sailing as topic.

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1899 births 1957 deaths Sportspeople from Haarlem Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy Sailors at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Monotype Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub