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Full name | Jacobus Hermanus Hendrik Jan de Jong | |||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||
Born |
Rotterdam |
7 April 1912|||||||||
Died | 20 August 1993 Capelle aan den IJssel |
(aged 81)|||||||||
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Class(es) | Firefly, Finn | |||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 2014-01-04. |
Jacobus Hermanus Hendrik Jan "Koos" de Jong (April 7, 1912 – August 20, 1993) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Torbay. There he won the Bronze medal in the Firefly. De Jong returned in 1952 in the Finn where he took the 4th place. He was born in Rotterdam and died in Capelle aan den IJssel.