Geertruida Akke (Meike) de Vlas (5 September 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a Dutch rower who won a silver medal in the single sculls at the European Championships in 1964.
[ Her husband Hadriaan van Nes and daughter ]Eeke van Nes
Eeke Geertruida van Nes (born 17 April 1969) is a retired rower
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United ...
(born 1969) are Olympic medalists in rowing.[
De Vlas was born on ]Ameland
Ameland (; ) is a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands. It consists mostly of sand dunes and is the third major island of the West Frisians. It neighbours islands Terschelling to the west a ...
on 6 September 1942. She died of cancer on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.
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1942 births
2022 deaths
Dutch female rowers
Sportspeople from Ameland
Rowers from Friesland
Sportspeople from Zwolle
European Rowing Championships medalists
21st-century Dutch women
20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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