Petrus Bernardus Beukers (9 October 1899 in

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– 12 April 1981 in

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) 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. Since the organizers did not have the time to re-sail the race that week the two remaining races were rescheduled for 3 September of that year. Since both contenders were Dutch, the organizers requested the

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to organize the race in The Netherlands. With

Arnoud van der Biesen Arnoud Eugène van der Biesen (28 December 1899 Semarang, Dutch East Indies - 17 February 1968, The Hague) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium. During the seco ...

as helmsman, Beukers took the silver over the combined series with the boat ''Boreas''.

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* * 1899 births 1981 deaths Sportspeople from Amsterdam Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub