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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