Gerard de Vries Lentsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerard de Vries Lentsch

Olympic sailor

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1883

Place of Birth: Nieuwendam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1973

Profession: sailor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gerardus "Gerard" de Vries Lentsch (23 November 1883, Nieuwendam, North Holland – 9 July 1973, Oegstgeest) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
De Vries Lentsch, 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 Maarten de Wit. Gerard de Vries Lentsch is the older brother of Willem de Vries Lentsch and the uncle of Wim de Vries Lentsch.