Maarten de Wit

Maarten de Wit

Personal information
Full name	Maarten de Wit
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1883-05-30)May 30, 1883 Wormerveer, Netherlands
Died	March 30, 1965(1965-03-30) (aged 81) Zaandam, Netherlands
Sailing career
Class(es)	8 Metre
Medal record Sailing Representing  Netherlands Olympics Games 1928 Amsterdam 8 Metre
Updated on 2014-01-02.

Maarten de Wit (May 30, 1883^[1] in Wormerveer – March 30, 1955 in Zaandam) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. De Wit, as crew member on the Dutch 8 Metre Hollandia, took the 2nd place with helmsman Johannes van Hoolwerff and fellow crew members: Lambertus Doedes, Cornelis van Staveren, Henk Kersken and Gerard de Vries Lentsch.

De Wit was the son of Simon de Wit (1852–1934), founder of the Simon de Wit supermarket chain, of which Maarten was a director. His son, Simon de Wit (1913–1976), who was CEO from 1943 to 1964, was a successful sailor and rower as well and was Chef d'équipe of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team in 1952, 1956 and 1960 as well as Chef d' Mission of the Dutch Olympic team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Sources

• "Maarten de Wit Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. 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. 

References

<1924 1928 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1932>
12 foot dinghy	Helmsman: Willem de Vries Lentsch
6 Metre	Helmsman: Hans Pluijgers Crew: Hans Fokker Carl Huisken Wim Schouten Roeffie Vermeulen
8 Metre	Helmsman: Johannes van Hoolwerff Crew: Lambertus Doedes Cornelis van Staveren Henk Kersken Gerard de Vries Lentsch Maarten de Wit
Substitutes	12' Dinghy: P. J. J. Huijbers 6 Metre: B. E. Ruys H. W. Schalkwijk 8 Metre: C. A. van der Stadt F. Verkade
Officials	Unknown
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 17 Officials: Unknown Total: 17
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 1 03 !: 0 Total: 1
Sources	"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.