Pieternella Hendrika "Henny" Vegter (born 28 February 1958 in
Rotterdam
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) is a
sailor
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from the
Netherlands
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,
who represented her country at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
in
Pusan
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. With
Marion Bultman as crew, Vegter took the 13th place in the
470 Female.
Vegter and Bultman were, with the exception of
Mej. C. de Visser – substitute for the Star in 1936 –, the first female sailing competitors in the 88 years of Dutch Olympic sailing history.
Further reading
1988 Olympics (Pusan)
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References
1958 births
Living people
Dutch female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors (sport) from Rotterdam
20th-century Dutch sportswomen
21st-century Dutch women
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