About Roelof Vermeulen
Lived 1906 – 1963 (aged 57). Roelof Vermeulen was a Dutch sailor.
Roelof Jan "Roeffie" Vermeulen (26 February 1906 in Leeuwarden – 28 June 1963, Leeuwarden) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Vermeulen, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre Kemphaan, took the 4th place with helmsman Hans Pluijgers and fellow crew members: Hans Fokker, Wim Schouten and Carl Huisken.
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Who was Roelof Vermeulen?
Olympic sailor from the Netherlands (1906-1963)
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Roelof Vermeulen was born on 26 February 1906 in Leeuwarden.
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Roelof Vermeulen died on 28 June 1963 in Leeuwarden.
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Roelof Vermeulen was a sailor.
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Roelof Vermeulen was Dutch.
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