Stephan van den Berg

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Stephan van den Berg
Stephan van den Berg in 1985
Personal information
Born (1962-02-20) 20 February 1962
Hoorn
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sailing career
SportSailing
Class(es)Windglider
Lechner A-390
Competition record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Los AngelesWindglider
7th 1992 BarcelonaMen'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]

Professional life

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:[17]

Further reading

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.