Jacq van den Berg

Jacq van den Berg
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Ralph van den Berg
Nationality	Dutch
Born	19 December 1916; Birmingham, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Dragon

Jacob Ralph "Jacq" van den Berg (born 19 December 1916) is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples. He was born in Birmingham. Van den Berg, as crew on the Dutch Dragon, took the 13th place with helmsman Wim van Duyl and fellow crew member Biem Dudok van Heel. In the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne Van den Berg was the Dragon crew for the Dutch Olympic team. After the Soviet invasion in Hungary, however, the Dutch government decided that the Dutch Olympic team would not compete.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jacq van den Berg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
"Zeilteam voor Melbourne" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). De Tĳd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad. 1956-07-13. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
"Olympische sporters 1956 krijgen alsnog erkenning" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Geschiedenis 24. 2006-07-03. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
"Wij hadden moeten gaan" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1956-12-24. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
"NEDERLANDS OLYMPISCHE EQUIPE" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). De Tijd De Maasbode. 1960-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
"Sleeswijk toch naar O.S." (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1960-08-09. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
"Weer een goede race van Verhagen Jaap Helder ook aan bod?" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1960-09-02. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
"The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One" (PDF). 1960. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
"The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two (a)" (PDF). 1960. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
"The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two (b)" (PDF). 1960. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

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<1952 1956 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1960>
Finn	Helmsman: Bob Markus
12m² Sharpie	Helmsman: Jacques Kraan Crew: Henk Kraan
Star	No Dutch Representation
Dragon	Helmsman: Wim van Duyl Crew: Eddy Stutterheim Jacq van den Berg
5.5 Metre	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	All classes: Simon de Wit Finn: Hans Sleeswijk
Officials	Chef d'équipe: Simon de Wit
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 8 Officials: 1 Total: 8
Medals	No participation due to Dutch boycott of the 1956 Games. This boycott was a result of the presence in Hungary of the Soviet Union after the Hungarian Revolution. All team members were reward with a gold medal of the Royal Netherlands Yachting Union in 1956. Olympic recognition was given by the Dutch NOC-NSF 50 years later.
Sources	"Zeilteam voor Melbourne" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). De Tĳd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad. 1956-07-13. Retrieved 2014-01-21. "Olympische sporters 1956 krijgen alsnog erkenning" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Geschiedenis 24. 2006-07-03. Retrieved 2014-01-21. "Wij hadden moeten gaan" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1956-12-24. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

<1956 1960 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1964>
Finn	Helmsman: Hans Sleeswijk
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Ben Verhagen Crew: Gerard Lautenschutz (Active in races 1-5)
Star	No Dutch Representation
Dragon	Helmsman: Wim van Duyl Crew: Biem Dudok van Heel Jacq van den Berg
5.5 Metre	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	Finn: H. Lesage Flying Dutchman: Jaap Helder (Active in races 6-7) J.G. van Meggelen
Officials	Chef d'équipe: Simon de Wit
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 7 Officials: 0 Total: 7
Medals	: 0 : 0 : 0 Total: 0
Sources	"NEDERLANDS OLYMPISCHE EQUIPE" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). De Tijd De Maasbode. 1960-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-21. "Sleeswijk toch naar O.S." (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1960-08-09. Retrieved 2014-01-21. "SIMON DE WIT (1912 - 1976)" (in Dutch). Zeehelden.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-21. "Weer een goede race van Verhagen Jaap Helder ook aan bod?" (in Dutch) (Day ed.). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1960-09-02. Retrieved 2014-01-21.