Roeffie Vermeulen

Roeffie Vermeulen
Personal information
Full nameRoelof Jan Vermeulen
NationalityDutch
Born(1906-02-26)26 February 1906
Leeuwarden
Died28 June 1963(1963-06-28) (aged 57)
Leeuwarden
Sailing career
Class6 Metre
Updated on 18 March 2015

Roelof Jan "Roeffie" Vermeulen (26 February 1906 in Leeuwarden - 28 June 1963, Leeuwarden) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Vermeulen, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre Kemphaan, took the 4th place with helmsman Hans Pluijgers and fellow crew members: Hans Fokker, Wim Schouten and Carl Huisken.

Sources

  • "Roeffie Vermeulen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  • "Zeilen, een bij uitstek Nederlandsche sport. De Olympische wedstrijden ditmaal zeer goed bezet. — Wat zal de wind doen ?" (in Dutch) (Morning ed.). Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij. 1928-08-02. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  • "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Retrieved 2014-01-22.


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