Personal information | |
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Full name | Willem Scato van Walt Meijer |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Rotterdam | 8 July 1958
Height | 1.87 m (6.1 ft) |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | 470; Tornado; Star; Soling; Dragon |
Updated on 2014-01-30. |
Willem Scato van Walt Meijer (born 8 July 1958 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Van Walt Meijer represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which was boycotted by several countries, in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Govert Brasser as crew, Van Walt Meijer took the 5th place in the Tornado. Van Walt Meijer returned as crew with Boudewijn Binkhorst in the Star to the 1984 Olympics. There they took 8th place.
Van Walt Meijer started his international sailing career in the Vaurien. Via the 470 he moved to the Tornado. After the 1980 Summer Olympics Van Walt Meijer briefly tried in 1982 the Soling and the Australian 18ft Skiff before he continued his Olympic career in the Star. Nowadays Van Walt Meijer sails on an irregular basis in the Dragon and the Melges 24.
Van Walt Meijer studied from 1976 till 1983 on the Groningen University and on the Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management from 2002 till 2003. After his military service at the Koninklijke Militaire Academie of the Dutch Army Van Walt Meijer held the following positions: