Lechner A-390

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Lechner A-390 Olympic Board
Lechner A-390.svg
Development
DesignOne Design
NameLechner A-390 Olympic Board
Boat
Crew1
Hull
TypeSailboard
LOA 3.9 m (13 ft)
Beam 0.63 m (2 ft 1 in)
Sails
Mainsail area7.3 m2 (79 sq ft)
Former Olympic class

The Lechner A-390 was an Olympic Class windsurf board for the 1992 Olympics. [1] It was only raced at the Games that year.

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Description

Lechner modified their Division II board to bring the centreboard and mast track further aft. The rig supplier, Neil Pryde, was decided 3 years before the Olympics.

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1992 Barcelona
Women's
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Barbara Kendall
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Zhang Xiaodong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Dorien de Vries
1992 Barcelona
Men's
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Franck David
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mike Gebhardt
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Lars Kleppich

The supplied equipment stayed with the sailor for the entire regatta as it was expected that each board needed special tuning to the daggerboard system.

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Elisabeth "Bep" Maria de Waard is a Netherlands Antillean windsurfer. She competed in the women's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Linda Yeomans is a Guamanian windsurfer. She competed in the women's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Karim Chammari is a Tunisian windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Ty Shannon Brodie is an Antigua and Barbuda windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

James Scott "Jimmy" Diaz is a windsurfer who represented the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Seo Yong-geun is a South Korean windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Kaijo Kuusing is an Estonian windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Barrie James Edgington is a British windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is a member of the iQFOIL Executive Committee.

Asier Fernández de Bobadilla Rola is a Spanish windsurfer. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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