Franciscus "Frans" Fidelio Joseph Hin (January 29, 1906

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- March 6, 1968, Haarlem) was a

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the

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. During the second race one of the marks was drifting and the race was abandoned. Since the organizers did not have the time to re-sail the race that week the two remaining races were rescheduled for September 3 of that year. Since both contenders were Dutch, the organizers requested the Dutch Olympic Committee to organize the race in The Netherlands. With his father

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as helmsmen Hin won the last two races race in The Netherlands on the Buiten IJ, in front of

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near

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. His brother Johan Hin crewed the first race in Belgium. Hin took the gold over the combined series with the boat ''Beatrijs III''.However the sources named the boat Beatrijs III, this boat was built in 1924. So probably the boat used was the Beatrijs I that was built in 1917. Hin became the youngest man to win a gold medal at the 1920 Olympic games aged 14 years 163 days.

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1906 births 1968 deaths Sportspeople from Haarlem Sailors (sport) from North Holland Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub