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]
 Stephan van den Berg in 1985 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 February 1962 Hoorn | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Windglider Lechner A-390 | ||||||||||||||
Competition record
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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
edit- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
- 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.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer" (PDF). Barcelona. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "VANDENBERG Surf". Hoorn: www.vandenbergsurf.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Toppers bijeen in Hyeres Olympisch zeilexamen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 April 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Norris McWhirter (1993). The Guinness Book of Records 1993. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-56257-6.
- ^ "Aspiraties". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 April 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Verwachtingen voor Los Angeles hoog gespannen Gouden kansen voor olympische zeilptoeg". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 28 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Zeilcoach rekent op een medaille". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 31 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Zeilers smeken om meer wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 3 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Zeilers verspelen kansen op medaille Tijdperk 'Vliegende Hollanders' voorbij". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 8 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "LOS ANGELES'84 23ste Olympische Zomerspelen Goud voor Stephan". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Surfgoud kan impuls geven Watersport wacht op frisse wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Twentse surfster redt eer zeilvloot". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 3 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "1984 Summer Olympics". Retrieved 19 February 2014.
