Frans Hin

Frans Hin
Personal information
Full name Franciscus Fidelio Joseph Hin
Nationality Dutch
Born (1906-01-29)January 29, 1906
Haarlem
Died March 6, 1968(1968-03-06) (aged 62)
Haarlem
Sailing career
Class(es) 12' Dinghy
Club Haarlemsche Jachtclub
Medal record
sailing
Representing  Netherlands
1920 Ostend and
Amsterdam 		12' Dinghy
Updated on 2013-12-23.

Franciscus "Frans" Fidelio Joseph Hin (January 29, 1906 Haarlem - March 6, 1968, Haarlem) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium.

During the second race one of the marks was drifting and the race was abandoned. Since the organizers did not have the time to re-sail the race that week the two remaining races were rescheduled for September 3 of that year. Since both contenders were Dutch, the organizers requested the Dutch Olympic Committee to organize the race in The Netherlands.

With his father Cornelis Hin as helmsmen Hin won the last two races race in The Netherlands on the Buiten IJ, in front of Durgerdam near Amsterdam. His brother Johan Hin crewed the first race in Belgium. Hin took the gold over the combined series with the boat Beatrijs III.[1]

Hin became the youngest man to win a gold medal at the 1920 Olympic games aged 14 years 163 days.

Sources

Note

  1. ↑ However the sources named the boat Beatrijs III, this boat was built in 1924. So probably the boat used was the Beatrijs I that was built in 1917.


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