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Dutch sailor
Peter van Niekerk
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Full name | Petrus Reininus Johannes van Niekerk |
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Nationality | Dutch |
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Born | (1971-11-30) 30 November 1971 (age 52)
Hazerswoude |
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Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
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Class(es) |
Soling
Star
5.5 Metre |
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Updated on 15 February 2014. |
Petrus Reininus Johannes "Peter" van Niekerk (born 30 November 1971 in
Hazerswoude) is a
sailor from the
Netherlands,
[1]
[2] who represented his country for the first time at the
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney.
[3]
[4] With
Roy Heiner as helmsman and
Dirk de Ridder as fellow crew member, Van Niekerk took the 4th place
[5] in the
Soling. In the
2004 Olympics in
Athena Van Niekerk made his second Olympic appearance.
[6] This time in the
Star with
Mark Neeleman as helmsman.
[7] They took 14th place.
[8]
In 1997–98, he was a crewmember on
Volvo 60 yacht
Brunel Sunergy in the
Whitbread Round the World Race and in 2008–09 on yacht Delta Lloyd in the
Volvo Ocean Race.
[9]
[10]
He sailed for
ALL4ONE Challenge in the 2010
Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai.
[11]
References
External links
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- 1961:
Noverraz
- 1962:
Chance
- 1963:
Hunt
- 1965:
Straulino
- 1966:
Elvstrøm, Strit Johansen &
Mik-Meyer
- 1967:
Lindemann,
Bowers &
Melges
- 1969:
J.-M. le Guillou,
N. le Guillou &
Tassin
- 1970:
Forbes,
McCann &
Gannon
- 1971:
Turner
- 1972:
Bigar
- 1973:
E. Fay 6
Melges
- 1974:
Booth,
O’Donnell &
Ryves
- 1975: no champion decided
- 1976:
F. Tolhurst,
M. Tolhurst &
Hyett
- 1977:
Vaughan, McLaine &
Smidmore
- 1978:
Tolhurst, Mitchell &
Gosling
- 1979:
Tolhurst, Mitchell &
Ravell
- 1980:
Symonette
- 1981:
Tutty,
Smidmore &
Beashal
- 1982:
Vuithier, L'Huillier & Serrasin
- 1983:
A. B. Fay &
Melges
- 1984:
Dürr, Vouga & Homberger
- 1985:
Dürr
- 1986:
Symonette,
Sundelin &
Baker-Harber
- 1987:
Pieper
- 1988:
Gregorini
- 1989:
Francisco
- 1990:
Kalle Nergaard,
Nergaard &
Stokkeland
- 1991:
Wahl,
Dürr &
Bonjour
- 1992:
Wahl,
Bonjour &
Marchand
- 1993:
Nergaard,
Kalle Nergaard &
Horn Johannesen
- 1994:
Lauener
- 1995:
Foster
- 1996:
Nergaard,
Horn Johannesen &
Usterud
- 1997:
Foster,
Rosenburg &
Covell
- 1998:
Foster,
Covell &
Bennet
- 1999:
Menzi,
Christen &
Stampfli
- 2000:
Menzi,
Stampfli &
Christen
- 2001:
Schüman,
Pieper &
van Niekerk
- 2002:
B. Marazzi,
F. Marazzi &
R. Marazzi
- 2003:
Nergaard,
Covell &
Hauff
- 2004:
F. Marazzi,
De Maria &
Haftka
- 2005:
Schümann,
Pieper
- 2006:
F. Marazzi,
Huter &
Haftka
- 2007:
F. Marazzi,
Haftka &
Heinonen
- 2008:
Nergaard,
Melges &
Strube
- 2009:
Nergaard,
Barne &
Eide
- 2010:
F. Marazzi,
Palfrey &
Wilke
- 2011:
Thelen,
Hallberg &
Nyberg
- 2012:
Nergaard,
Barne &
Solli Sæther
- 2013:
Wieser,
Kleen &
Auracher
- 2014:
F. Marazzi,
Gustafsson &
Burger
- 2015:
Nergaard,
Solli Sæther &
Barne
- 2016:
Nergaard,
Solli Sæther &
Barne
- 2017:
McKinney,
Dahlman &
Johannessen
- 2018:
Holowesko,
Burger &
Peter Vlasov
- 2019:
Nergaard,
Trond Solli Sæther &
Barne
- 2020:
Nergaard,
Pedersen &
Barne
- 2021: Cancelled due to COVID 19
- 2022:
Hanson,
Palfrey &
Samuel Haines
- 2023:
Kusznierewicz,
Przemysław Gacek &
Wright
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