About Willem Gevers
Lived 1911 – 1994 (aged 83). Willem Gevers was a Dutch bobsledder, diplomat and ambassador.
Baron Willem Johan Gijsbert Gevers (11 January 1911 – 23 May 1994 ), lord of Kethel en Spaland, was a Dutch nobleman and diplomat who competed in the mid-1930s in bobsledding.
Gevers was born in Berlin, son of the Dutch Envoy to Germany . At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished tenth in the two-man event. He later became Dutch Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He died, aged 83, in Monaco.
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Who was Willem Gevers?
Dutch diplomat and bobsledder
When was Willem Gevers born?
Willem Gevers was born on 11 January 1911.
When did Willem Gevers die?
Willem Gevers died on 23 May 1994.
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Willem Gevers was a bobsledder, diplomat and ambassador.
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Willem Gevers was Dutch.
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