Willem Potma
Dutch sailor (born 1969)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Willem Nico Potma |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | (1969-03-12) 12 March 1969 (age 55) Sneek |
Height | 1.79 m (5.9 ft) |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | Flying Dutchman Soling |
Updated on 19 February 2014 |
Willem Nico Potma (born 12 March 1969 in Sneek) is a sailor from the Netherlands,[1] who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Potma as helmsman in the Dutch Flying Dutchman with his brother Gerhard Potma as crew took the 18th place.[2][3][4] In 1996 Potma returned to the Olympics in Savannah. Again with his brother and Frank Hettinga as crew. Potma took 15th place in the Soling.
Professional life
Potma has an education in retail business. He now works as a self-employed sailmaker.[5]
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Soling Dutch Championship Winners
- 1971: Klein, S. Bakker & J. Schäfer
- 1972: G. Bakker, Lucas & F. Bakker
- 1973: East Germany Below, Engelhardt & Zachries
- 1974: Blok, Vandenberg & Kurpershoek
- 1975 - 77 Not held
- 1978: G. Bakker
- 1979: United Kingdom Simonds
- 1980: Denmark Kantman
- 1981: G. Bakker, Coster & Behrend
- 1982: Denmark Bandolowski, Palm & Hansen
- 1983: West Germany Kuhweide
- 1984 - 85 Not held
- 1986: West Germany Jungblut
- 1987: West Germany Jungblut
- 1988: Italy Lamaro, Della Vecchia, Romano
- 1989: Heiner
- 1990: Heiner
- 1991: Kimman, Keijser & Unger
- 1992: den Outer, Samdahl Norway & Ruys
- 1993: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga
- 1994: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga
- 1995: den Outer, de Zeeuw & Determan
- 1996 - 97 Not held
- 1998: den Outer, Offermans & den Arend
- 1999: den Outer, Determan & den Arend
- 2000: den Outer, de Lange & Determan
- 2001: Not held
- 2002: Offermans, Schoof & Copper
- 2003: United States Walker, Zijlstra & Brown
- 2004 - 07 Not held
- 2008: den Outer, Determan, den Arend
- 2009 - 10 Not held
- 2011: den Outer, Determan, Lidlow
- 2012: den Outer, Lidlow, D. Bakker
- 2013: Offermans, Hillige & van Braam
- 2014: den Outer, lidlow, Souli
- 2015: den Outer, lidlow, Souli
- 2016: den Outer, de Lange & Souli
- 2017: Heinonen Finland, Helmhout & Werf
- 2018: Heinonen Finland, Helmhout & Palmu Finland
- 2019: den Outer, de Lange & Bosch
- 2020: NOT held because of COVID-19
- 2021: den Outer, de Lange & Souli
References
- ^ "Willem Potma Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Willem Nico Potma". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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