Willem Gevers

Baron Willem Johan Gijsbert Gevers (11 January 1911 – 23 May 1994[1]), lord of Kethel en Spaland, was a Dutch nobleman and diplomat who competed in the mid-1930s in bobsledding.

Gevers was born in Berlin, son of the Dutch Envoy to Germany Willem Alexander Frederik Gevers [de].

At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished tenth in the two-man event.

He later became Dutch Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

This biographical article relating to bobsleigh in the Netherlands is a stub.

Thai PM Thanom Kittikachorn & Willem Gevers (1968)