Geert Bakker

Geert Alle Bakker (15 January 1921 in Appingedam – 7 August 1993 in Warmond) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With crew Pieter Keijzer and Harald de Vlaming, Bakker took the 5th place in the Soling event. Since in 1980 the Netherlands boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games, Bakker competed under the Dutch NOC flag. He competed again in the Soling event, this time with crew Dick Coster and his son Steven Bakker. As in 1976, they took 5th place.

From 1976 to 1979, Bakker was president of the International Soling Association. After a stroke in 1983, he stayed close involved with Soling Sailing, but he confined his participation in competitions to judging.

Controversy More than 60 countries boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. Some countries like France did not attend because they found the competition lacking. As a result, only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas. It was through the effort of Bakker and Ben Staartjes that the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team went to Tallinn.