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Dutch sailor (born 1969)

Willem Nico Potma (born 12 March 1969 in Sneek) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Potma as helmsman in the Dutch Flying Dutchman with his brother Gerhard Potma as crew took the 18th place. In 1996 Potma returned to the Olympics in Savannah. Again with his brother and Frank Hettinga as crew. Potma took 15th place in the Soling.

Professional life

Potma has an education in retail business. He now works as a self-employed sailmaker.

v t e Soling Dutch Championship Winners
Fleet racing	1971: Klein, S. Bakker & J. Schäfer 1972: G. Bakker, Lucas & F. Bakker 1973: East Germany Below, Engelhardt & Zachries 1974: Blok, Vandenberg & Kurpershoek 1975 - 77 Not held 1978: G. Bakker 1979: United Kingdom Simonds 1980: Denmark Kantman 1981: G. Bakker, Coster & Behrend 1982: Denmark Bandolowski, Palm & Hansen 1983: West Germany Kuhweide 1984 - 85 Not held 1986: West Germany Jungblut 1987: West Germany Jungblut 1988: Italy Lamaro, Della Vecchia, Romano 1989: Heiner 1990: Heiner 1991: Kimman, Keijser & Unger 1992: den Outer, Samdahl Norway & Ruys 1993: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga 1994: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga 1995: den Outer, de Zeeuw & Determan 1996 - 97 Not held 1998: den Outer, Offermans & den Arend 1999: den Outer, Determan & den Arend 2000: den Outer, de Lange & Determan 2001: Not held 2002: Offermans, Schoof & Copper 2003: United States Walker, Zijlstra & Brown 2004 - 07 Not held 2008: den Outer, Determan, den Arend 2009 - 10 Not held 2011: den Outer, Determan, Lidlow 2012: den Outer, Lidlow, D. Bakker 2013: Offermans, Hillige & van Braam 2014: den Outer, lidlow, Souli 2015: den Outer, lidlow, Souli 2016: den Outer, de Lange & Souli 2017: Heinonen Finland, Helmhout & Werf 2018: Heinonen Finland, Helmhout & Palmu Finland 2019: den Outer, de Lange & Bosch 2020: NOT held because of COVID-19 2021: den Outer, de Lange & Souli

Fleet racing

v t e <1988 1992 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1996>
Lechner A-390 Female	Surfer: Dorien de Vries
Lechner A-390 Male	Surfer: Stephan van den Berg
Europe Female	Helmsman: Martine van Leeuwen
Finn	No Dutch Representation
470 Female	No Dutch Representation
470 Male	Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Gerhard Potma
Tornado	Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Paul Manuel
Star	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Jos Schrier
Soling	Helmsman: Roy Heiner Crew: Peter Burggraaff Han Bergsma
Substitutes	Unknown
Officials	Chef d' équipe: Nick de Jong Coach: Jeroen Pels Equipment: Henk Tebbertman
Team size	Female: 2 Male: 12 Officials: 3 Total: 16
Medals	: 0 : 0 : 1 Total: 1
Sources	"Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2014. "Assenaar klusjesman Olympische zeilploeg Op weg naar Barcelona". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 17 July 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

v t e <1992 1996 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2000>
Mistral One Design Female	Surfer: Dorien de Vries
Mistral One Design Male	Surfer: Martijn van Geemen
Europe Female	Helmsman: Margriet Matthijsse
Laser	Helmsman: Serge Kats
Finn	Helmsman: Roy Heiner
470 Female	No Dutch Representation
470 Male	Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven
Tornado	Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Herbert Dercksen
Star	No Dutch Representation
Soling	Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Frank Hettinga Gerhard Potma
Substitutes	Unknown
Officials	Unknown
Team size	Female: 2 Male: 10 Officials: 0 Total: 12
Medals	: 0 : 1 : 1 Total: 2
Reference

"Willem Potma Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
"WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
"Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
"Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
"Willem Nico Potma". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

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