Piet Jan van der Giessen

Pieter Jan "Piet Jan" van der Giessen (January 1, 1918 in Krimpen aan den IJssel – June 10, 1993 in Krimpen aan den IJssel) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country as at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Piet Jan, as crew member on the Dutch 5.5 Metre De Ruyter, took the 13th place with helmsman Wim de Vries Lentsch and fellow crew member Flip Keegstra.

Professional life

In his professional life Van der Giessen was one of the owners and founder of the shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord.

Sources

• "Piet Jan van der giessen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 
• "OLYMPISCHE ZEILPLOEG" (Morning ed.). De vrije pers : ochtendbulletin. 1952-06-20. Retrieved 2014-01-26. 
• "The Officiel Report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952" (pdf). 1955. Retrieved 2014-01-26. 

<1948 1952 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1956>
Finn	Helmsman: Koos de Jong
Star	Helmsman: Bob Maas Crew: Eddy Stutterheim
Dragon	Helmsman: Wim van Duyl Crew: Biem Dudok van Heel Michiel Dudok van Heel
5.5 Metre	Helmsman: Wim de Vries Lentsch Crew: Flip Keegstra Piet Jan van der Giessen
6 Metre	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	All classes: Simon de Wit Jacques Stap 5.5 Metre: F.H. Sweers
Officials	Chef d'équipe: Simon de Wit Assistent: C.H. Kaars Sypesteyn
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 12 Officials: 2 Total: 13
Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0
Sources	"OLYMPISCHE ZEILPLOEG" (Morning ed.). De vrije pers : ochtendbulletin. 1952-06-20. Retrieved 2014-01-26.