Willem Gevers
- May 23, 1994
- 83 years
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Willem Gevers, 83, Dutch nobleman and Olympic bobsledder (1936).
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|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 Willem Alexander Frederik Gevers [de]. 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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