Medal record | ||
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Men's sailing | ||
Representing Denmark | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1976 Montreal | Soling class | |
1980 Moscow | Soling class |
Erik Herman Hansen (born 4 June 1945 in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.
Together with Valdemar Bandolowski and Poul Richard Høj Jensen he won a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, [1] and again at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [2] [3]
Denmark competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.
Denmark competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Denmark competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 58 competitors, 55 men and 3 women, took part in 30 events in 13 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 60 competitors, 53 men and 7 women, took part in 40 events in 10 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 100 competitors, 88 men and 12 women, took part in 46 events in 15 sports. Cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen died during the team time trial.
Zevegiin Oidov is a retired Mongolian wrestler. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the freestyle 62 kg class. He also won two world champion titles, in 1974 and 1975 in the 62 kg class. In 1977 competing in the freestyle 68 kg class he came in second, taking the Bronze medal.
Andrea Pollack was a butterfly swimmer from East Germany who won three Olympic gold medals.
Alexandre "Alex" Welter is a Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado Class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, alongside Lars Sigurd Bjorkstrom.
Daniel Senet is a French weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He finished 4th at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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Valdemar Bandolowski is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion and former lawyer.
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Aleksandr Gazov is a former Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion.
Frank Hübner is a German sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Harro Bode at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal He was also a producer for the 2002 Film Whale Rider.
Jörg Diesch is a German sailor, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with Eckart Diesch at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He received a gold medal at the 1986 world championships, and received five silver medals and two bronze medals between 1975 and 1985, all with Eckart Diesch.
The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. Seven races were scheduled. 28 sailors, on 13 boats, from 13 nations competed.
Geert Alle Bakker was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With crew Pieter Keijzer and Harald de Vlaming Bakker took the 5th place in the Soling. Since in 1980 The Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Bakker again in the Soling represented his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag. This time with crew Dick Coster and his son Steven Bakker They took again 5th place.
Jan Erik Vollebregt is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario. With twin brother Sjoerd Vollebregt as crew, Vollebregt finished 14th in the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman. Since in 1980 the Netherlands boycotted the Moscow Olympics, Vollebregt represented his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag in the Flying Dutchman. Again with his brother as crew, he took 7th place.
Benedictus Antonius Maria "Dick" Coster is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Coster represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Geert Bakker as helmsman and fellow crew member Steven Bakker, Coster took the 5th place in the Soling. During the 1976 Olympics Coster was substitute for the Dutch Soling team.