Nicolaas Pieter "Nick" de Jong (born 25 March 1942) is a retired
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.
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from the
Netherlands
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, who represented his country at the
1964 Summer Olympics in
Enoshima
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. De Jong, as crew on the Dutch
Flying Dutchman
The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Du ...
''Daisy'' (H157), took the 6th place with helmsman
Ben Verhagen
Gijsbertus "Ben" Verhagen (29 September 1926 – 4 January 2020) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples. Verhagen, as helmsman on the Dutch Flying Dutchman ''Daisy'' (H102), too ...
. During the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
Acapulco he crewed ''Daisy'' (H187), again with helmsman
Ben Verhagen
Gijsbertus "Ben" Verhagen (29 September 1926 – 4 January 2020) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples. Verhagen, as helmsman on the Dutch Flying Dutchman ''Daisy'' (H102), too ...
to and an 18th place in the
Flying Dutchman
The ''Flying Dutchman'' ( nl, De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Du ...
. For the
1972 Olympics De Jong made the switch from the Flying Dutchman to crew on the
Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...
with helmsman
Heiki Blok and
Rolf Kurpershoek. This team was nominated for the games by the
KNWV. The nomination however did not resulted in a selection by the Dutch
NOC.
Later De Jong was Chef d' équipe for the
Dutch Olympic Sailing Team in
1992 and
1996. Nowadays De Jong helms the
Dragon NED 22 and took part at 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 sailo ...
. Here he reached the 4th place with crew members
Don van Arem and
Miguel Karsters.
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Living people
1942 births
People from Huizen
Dutch male sailors (sport)
Soling class sailors
Dragon class sailors
Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from North Holland
20th-century Dutch people