Ansco Dokkum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ansco Dokkum

Dutch rower, sailor, and sports official

Date of Birth: 09-May-1904

Place of Birth: Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1985

Profession: physician, rower

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ansco Jan Heeble Dokkum (May 9, 1904, Sneek – December 30, 1985, Amsterdam) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country as at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel.
Dokkum, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre De Ruyter, took the 8th place with helmsman Joop Carp and fellow crew members: Ernst Moltzer, Kees Jonker and Herman Looman. Before his sailing career, Ansco Dokkkum rowed for the Netherlands during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
In the Nereus Coxless four, he took 6th place with his team mates Simon Bon, Egbertus Waller and Paul Maasland. Ansco Dokkum was chef d' mission of the Dutch team for 1968 Summer Olympics.