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Dutch rower (1942–2022) In this Dutch name, the surname is de Vlas, not Vlas.

Meike de Vlas
De Vlas in 1964
Personal information
Born(1942-09-05)5 September 1942
Ameland, German-occupied Netherlands
Died8 October 2022(2022-10-08) (aged 80)
Oslo, Norway
SpouseHadriaan van Nes
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1964 Amsterdam Single sculls

Geertruida Akke (Meike) de Vlas (5 September 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a Dutch rower who won a silver medal in the single sculls at the European Championships in 1964. Her husband Hadriaan van Nes and daughter Eeke van Nes (born 1969) are Olympic medalists in rowing.

De Vlas was born on Ameland on 6 September 1942. She died of cancer on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.

References

  1. Ouders (7 September 1942). "Geboorteadvertentie". Leeuwarder Courant. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via delpher.nl.
  2. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Einer). sport-komplett.de
  3. De vrouwen van 1963 Meike de Vlas werd in Vrouwbuurstermolen van het ijs gehaald. geschiedenis24.nl. 16 January 2008
  4. Eeke van Nes. sports-reference.com
  5. Famke op het ijs, autobiographical chapter in En toen was er sport / druk 1: 80 verhalen uit de geschiedenis by J. van Vooren
  6. "Minneside for Meike de Vlas" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 12 October 2022.


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