Stephan van den Berg

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Stephan van den Berg

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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Stephan van den Berg
Stephan van den Berg in 1985
Personal information
Born (1962-02-20) 20 February 1962 (age 63)
Hoorn
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Windglider
Lechner A-390
Competition record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1984 Los AngelesWindglider
7th 1992 Barcelona Men's Lechner A-390
Updated on 19 February 2014
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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)  United States (USA)

  • Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 1) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  • Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 2) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  • Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 3) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  • Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 1) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  • Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 2) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  • Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 3) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

1992 Olympics (Barcelona)  Spain (ESP)

References

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