Erik Vollebregt

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Erik Vollebregt
Personal information
Full name Jan Erik Vollebregt
Nationality Dutch
Born (1954-12-10) 10 December 1954 (age 63)
Leiden
Height 1.85 m (6.1 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es) 470
Flying Dutchman
Club Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging
De Kaag
Competition record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games Olympic rings without rims.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Kingston Flying Dutchman
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Tallinn Flying Dutchman
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1972 Montreal 470
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1977 Torbole Flying Dutchman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Kiel Flying Dutchman
Updated on 13 February 2014.

Jan Erik Vollebregt (born 10 December 1954, in Leiden [1] ) is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario. [2] [3] 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 [4] his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag in the Flying Dutchman. Again with his brother as crew, he took 7th place. [5] [6]

Leiden City and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands

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Sailor person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in doing so

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The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario. Seven races were scheduled. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed.

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After the 1980 Olympics Vollebregt started a new Olympic Flying Dutchman campaign for the 1984 Olympics with Eddy Huisman but finally failed to qualify.

Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1984 consisted of a total of seven sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 31 July 1984 to 8 August 1984 of the coast of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California at the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1932 Summer Olympics. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Controversions

During the selection for the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team for the 1976 Olympics a controversy [7] [8] emerged between twelve sailors and the selection committee chaired by André du Pon. Fred Imhoff and Heike Blok, two sailors hoping to be selected, filed suit, arguing that Frieda Vollebergt, [9] the communications person for the sailing team, was partial: as mother of Erik, Sjoerd, and Peter Vollebregt, all candidates for the 1976 Olympic sailing event, she was accused of having a bias towards her children. In the end [10] Imhoff and Blok lost the lawsuit [11] [12] [13] [14] and were removed from the 1976 selection. [15] During this period Vollebregt's father, Jan Vollebregt, was president of the Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond (Dutch Yacht Racing Union).
Several countries [16] did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.

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References

  1. ↑ "Erik Vollebregt Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nederlandse delegatie". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 12 July 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Olympische zeilselectie". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 20 May 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Zeilers: ,We gaan'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 16 May 1980. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1980. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers". De waarheid (in Dutch). 31 July 1980. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Verwijt". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 August 1975. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Zeiltop zit in het nauw". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 October 1975. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Mevrouw Vollebregt centraal in zeilrel". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 23 April 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Fred Imhoff in kort geding tegen KNWV". Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). 9 October 1975. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Uitslag proces: Fred Imhoff niet terug in kernploeg". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 April 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Imhoff en Blok uit Olympische zeilploeg gezet". Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). 2 April 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Imhoff". Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblag (in Dutch). 9 April 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Imhoff heeft nog kleine kans". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 16 April 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Du Pon ziet nieuwe mogelijkheden TOPZEILERS WEER IN KERNPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis". Amigoe (in Dutch). 22 May 1980. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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