Geert Bakker

Geert Alle Bakker (15 January 1921 in Appingedam – 7 August 1993 in Warmond) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With crew Pieter Keijzer and Harald de Vlaming Bakker took the 5th place in the Soling. Since in 1980 The Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Bakker again in the Soling represented his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag. This time with crew Dick Coster and his son Steven Bakker They took again 5th place.

Geert Bakker
Bakker in 1976
Personal information
Full nameGeert Alle Bakker
NationalityDutch
Born(1921-01-15)15 January 1921
Appingedam
Died7 August 1993(1993-08-07) (aged 72)
Warmond
Height1.94 m (6.4 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)Soling
ClubKoninklijke Watersport Vereniging
De Kaag
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Netherlands
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1968 Copenhagen Soling
Silver medal – second place 1979 La Rochelle Soling
South American Championship
Silver medal – second place 1977 Rio de Janeiro Soling
Updated on 3 February 2023.

From 1976 till 1979 Geert was president of the International Soling Association. After a brain stroke in 1983 he stayed close involved with Soling Sailing however he specialized in judging.

Controversy

Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas. It was the effort of Bakker and Ben Staartjes that the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team went to Tallinn.

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