André du Pon (30 August 1924, in Amsterdam – 24 May 2006, in Medemblik) was a sailor from the Netherlands] who was three times chef d'équipe for the Dutch Olympic Sailing team.
After sailing the Finn Du Pon was also one of the first Soling sailors of the Netherlands.
This discussion focussed on the role of Frieda Vollebergt who did the communication for the sailing team.
In the end Fred Imhoff and Heike Blok lost the lawsuit and were removed from the 1976 selection.
Du Pon was in the period 1990 - 1998 and from 2002 - 2006 alderman for the liberal party VVD in Medemblik.