Meike de Vlas
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Born5 September 1942
Ameland, German-occupied Netherlands
Ameland, German-occupied Netherlands
Died8 October 2022 (aged 80)
Oslo, Norway
Oslo, Norway
SpouseHadriaan van Nes
SportRowing
 De Vlas in 1964 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 September 1942 Ameland, German-occupied Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 October 2022 (aged 80) Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Hadriaan van Nes | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
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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.[1][2] Her husband Hadriaan van Nes and daughter Eeke van Nes (born 1969) are Olympic medalists in rowing.[3][4]
De Vlas was born on Ameland on 6 September 1942.[5] She died of cancer on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.[6]
