Abraham Everardus "Biem" Dudok van Heel (20 June 1914 – 2 December 1995) was a

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

from the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. He competed in the Dragon class at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Olympics and finished in 8th, 6th and 13th place, respectively. He missed the 1956 Games due to their boycott by the Netherlands. In 1952, he sailed alongside his younger brother

Michiel Dudok van Heel Michiel Dudok van Heel (20 October 1924 – 30 October 2003) was a sailor from the Netherlands. Together with his brother Biem Dudok van Heel and helmsman Wim van Duyl he finished in sixth place in the Dragon class at the 1952 Summer Olympics ...

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* * * 1917 births 1995 deaths Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sportspeople from Hilversum Sailors (sport) from North Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub