Geert Bakker

Geert Bakker

Bakker in 1976
Personal information
Full name	Geert Alle Bakker
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1921-01-15)15 January 1921 Appingedam
Died	7 August 1993(1993-08-07) (aged 72) Warmond
Height	1.94 m (6.4 ft)
Sailing career
Class	Soling
Club	Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging De Kaag
Medal record Sailing Representing Netherlands European Championship 1968 Copenhagen Soling 1979 La Rochelle Soling South American Championship 1977 Rio de Janeiro Soling
Updated on 3 February 2023

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.

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.

Sources

• "Geert Bakker Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
• "Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 12 July 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Olympische zeilselectie" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 20 May 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Schijnwerper op.... OUDSTE OLYMPIER" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 16 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 22 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 29 January 2014.