Birth Date: | 5 September 1942 |
Birth Place: | Ameland, German-occupied Netherlands |
Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Spouse: | Hadriaan van Nes |
Sport: | Rowing |
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Geertruida Akke (Meike) de Vlas (5 September 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a Dutch rower who won a silver medal in the single sculls at the European Championships in 1964.[1] Her husband Hadriaan van Nes and daughter Eeke van Nes (born 1969) are Olympic medalists in rowing.
De Vlas was born on Ameland on 6 September 1942.[2] She died of cancer on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.[3]