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| Full name | Frank Jacob Hekma | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 18, 1911 Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 23, 1992 (aged 81) Key Largo | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | 8 Metre | ||||||||||||||
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Frank Jacob Hekma was a sailor from the United States, who represented his country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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