Stephan van den Berg

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Stephan van den Berg
Stephan van den Berg 1985.jpg
Stephan van den Berg in 1985
Personal information
Born (1962-02-20) 20 February 1962 (age 62)
Hoorn
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Windglider
Lechner A-390
Competition record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Windglider
7th 1992 Barcelona Men's Lechner A-390
Updated on 19 February 2014.

Stephan van den Berg (born 20 February 1962) is a retired windsurfer from the Netherlands. [1] He was world champion in 1983 and in the 1984 Summer Olympics, Long beach, California won the first Olympic Gold medal [2] [3] [4] in the Windglider for the Netherlands. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] After that he turned professional and therefore missed the 1988 Olympics. He returned to amateurs to compete at the 1992 Olympics, [13] [14] Barcelona [15] where he finished in seventh place in the Men's Lechner A-390. [16]

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Professional life [17]

Stephan van den Berg is, with his brothers, owner of VANDENBERG Surf. With outlets in Almere, Hoorn and Zandvoort it is specialized in the popular sports like:

Further reading

1984 Olympics (Los Angeles) Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)

1992 Olympics (Barcelona) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)

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References

  1. ↑ "Stephan van den Berg Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "VANDENBERG Surf". Hoorn: www.vandenbergsurf.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Toppers bijeen in Hyeres Olympisch zeilexamen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 April 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Norris McWhirter (1993). The Guinness Book of Records 1993 . Bantam Books. ISBN   0-553-56257-6.
  6. ↑ "Aspiraties". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 April 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Verwachtingen voor Los Angeles hoog gespannen Gouden kansen voor olympische zeilptoeg". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 28 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Zeilcoach rekent op een medaille". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 31 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Zeilers smeken om meer wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 3 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Zeilers verspelen kansen op medaille Tijdperk 'Vliegende Hollanders' voorbij". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 8 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "LOS ANGELES'84 23ste Olympische Zomerspelen Goud voor Stephan". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Surfgoud kan impuls geven Watersport wacht op frisse wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Twentse surfster redt eer zeilvloot". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 3 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "1984 Summer Olympics" . Retrieved 19 February 2014.
Awards
Preceded by Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1984		Succeeded by
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