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Frank Hettinga

Olympic sailor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ16213551 ↗
Source-derived summary

Frank Alexander Hettinga (born 26 November 1971, in Sneek) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah. Hettinga as crew in the Dutch Soling with Willem Potma as helmsman and Gerhard Potma as fellow crew Hettinga took 1st place.

Professional life

Source:

Owner: Easysup Supstore (2013 – Present)

Owner: Hettinga Jacht Service (2007 – Present)

Director: Hettinga Jacht-Service (2007 – Present)

Director and owner: Hettinga wajer jachtbouw heeg (1998–2007)

Project manager: Royal Deck (2008–2011)

Production coordinator: de Vries Makkum (2010–2013)

Further reading

1996 Olympics (Savannah) United States (USA)

"The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume I Planning and Organization" (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

"The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games" (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. 1997.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1996, 2013, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Frank, Hettinga and Olympic is the immediate research focus.
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