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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(es) | 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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