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

Willem de Vries Lentsch

Olympic sailor

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1886

Place of Birth: Nieuwendam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1980

Profession: skipper

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Willem de Vries Lentsch (10 September 1886, Nieuwendam, North Holland – 6 March 1980, Amsterdam) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam in the 12' Dinghy.
In 1936, with Bob Maas as helmsmen, De Vries Lentsch took part in the Dutch Star BEM II and took the Bronze. Willem de Vries Lentsch is the younger brother of Gerard de Vries Lentsch and the father of Wim de Vries Lentsch.