Govert Brasser

Govert Jacob Willem Brasser (born April 24, 1957 in The Hague) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Brasser represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Willem van Walt Meijer as helmsman, Brasser took the 5th place in the Tornado.

Govert Brasser
Personal information
Full nameGovert Jacob Willem Brasser
NationalityDutch
Born (1957-04-24) April 24, 1957
The Hague
Height1.88 m (6.2 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)Tornado
Updated on 2014-01-09.

Controversy

Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.

Sources
  • "Govert Brasser Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  • "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 1980-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 1980-05-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  • "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.


gollark: At most it only exists very slightly.
gollark: Not really.
gollark: It's all in the nonexistent, antimemetic manual.
gollark: I was hardly going to use msgpack for this.
gollark: They changed something. I forgot why.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.