Jacq van den Berg

Jacob Ralph "Jacq" van den Berg (born December 19, 1916) is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples. He was born in Birmingham. Van den Berg, as crew on the Dutch Dragon, took the 13th place with helmsman Wim van Duyl and fellow crew member Biem Dudok van Heel. In the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne Van den Berg was the Dragon crew for the Dutch Olympic team. After the Soviet invasion in Hungary, however, the Dutch government decided that the Dutch Olympic team would not compete.

Jacq van den Berg
Personal information
Full nameJacob Ralph van den Berg
NationalityDutch
Born(1916-12-19)December 19, 1916
Birmingham
Height1.80 m (5.9 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dragon
Updated on 2014-01-08.

Sources
  • "Jacq van den Berg Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
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  • "Weer een goede race van Verhagen Jaap Helder ook aan bod?" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1960-09-02. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
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  • "The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two (a)" (pdf). 1960. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  • "The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two (b)" (pdf). 1960. Retrieved 2014-01-21.


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