Maarten de Wit

Maarten de Wit

Personal information

Full name

Maarten de Wit

Nationality

Dutch

Born

30 May 1883
Wormerveer, Netherlands

Died

30 March 1965 (aged 81)
Zaandam, Netherlands

Relatives

Sailing career

Medal record

Updated on 16 May 2018.

Maarten de Wit (30 May 1883^[1] in Wormerveer – 30 March 1955 in Zaandam) was a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.^[2] 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 (1912–1976), 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 de Mission of the Dutch Olympic team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[3]

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. 2 August 1928. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
"The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Officiel Report" (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

^ other sources report his date of birth: 31 May 1883
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maarten de Wit". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simon de Wit". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

v t e <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	: 0 : 1 : 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. 2 August 1928. Retrieved 22 January 2014.