Cornelis van Staveren (14 June 1889 in

Leimuiden Leimuiden is a Dutch village in the South Holland municipality of Kaag en Braassem. Leimuiden is located between the Braassemermeer, the Westeinderplassen and the Ringvaart. Leimuiden is located north of Alphen aan den Rijn. History The village ...

– 10 April 1982,

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) was a

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

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. Van Staveren, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre ''Hollandia'', took the 2nd place with helmsman

Johannes van Hoolwerff Johannes Cornelis van Hoolwerff (13 April 1878 in Hoorn – 2 August 1962 in Heemstede) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Hoolwerff, as helmsman on the Dutch 8&nb ...

and fellow crew members:

Lambertus Doedes Lambertus Doedes (4 July 1878 in Zutphen – 17 May 1955 in The Hague) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Doedes, as crewmember on the Dutch 8 Metre ''Hollandia'', ...

Henk Kersken Hendrik "Henk" Kersken (6 January 1880, Bergen op Zoom – 3 December 1967, Harlingen) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Kersken, as crew member on the Dutch 8 ...

Gerard de Vries Lentsch Gerardus "Gerard" de Vries Lentsch (23 November 1883, Nieuwendam, North Holland – 9 July 1973, Oegstgeest) was a sailing (sport), sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 8 m ...

and

Maarten de Wit Maarten de Wit (30 May 1883 in Wormerveer – 30 March 1955 in Zaandam) was a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. De Wit, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre ''Hollandia' ...

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