Robert Gerard Drontmann (born 1 June 1968 in

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) is a

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from the

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, who was

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in the Cadet class in 1985 and represented his country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. With his older brother

Mark Drontmann Mark Wilhelm Drontmann (born 26 March 1964 in The Hague) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. With his younger brother Robert Drontmann as helmsman, Drontman took the 9th place in th ...

as crew, Drontman took the 9th place in the 470 Male.

Professional life

Drontmann works since 2009 as Sales Manager & Yacht Broker at Moonen shipyard,

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* * * * * * * Living people 1968 births Sportspeople from The Hague Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Snipe class sailors Cadet class world champions {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub