Stephan van den Berg

Stephan van den Berg

Stephan van den Berg in 1985
Personal information
Born	(1962-02-20) February 20, 1962 Hoorn
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Class(es)	Windglider Lechner A-390
Competition record Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1984 Long Beach Men's Windglider 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 a reigning world champion between 1980 and 1983 and during 1984 Summer Olympics, Long beach, California won the first Olympic Gold medal^[2][3][4] in the Men's 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^[17]

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

• Windsurfing
• Kitesurfing
• SUP
• Watersports
• Winter sports

Further reading

• (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

1984 Olympics (Long Beach)  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)

• "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

<1980 1984 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1988> Windglider Male Surfer: Stephan van den Berg Finn Helmsman: Mark Neeleman 470 Helmsman: John Stavenuiter Crew: Guido Alkemade Flying Dutchman No Dutch Representation Tornado Helmsman: Willy van Bladel Crew: Huub Lambriex Star Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Crew: Willem van Walt Meijer Soling No Dutch Representation Substitutes Windglider Male: Onno Tellier Finn: Ron van Manen 470: Cees van Bladel Tornado: Sjaak Haakman Officials Chef d' équipe: André du Pon Coach: Henri van der Aat Bart Jan Wilton Team size Female: 0 Male: 8 Officials: 0 Total: 7 Medals 01 !: 1 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 1 Sources "Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1984-07-11. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

<1988 1992 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1996> Lechner A-390 Female Surfer: Dorien de Vries Lechner A-390 Male Surfer: Stephan van den Berg Europe Female Helmsman: Martine van Leeuwen Finn No Dutch Representation 470 Female No Dutch Representation 470 Male Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven Flying Dutchman Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Gerhard Potma Tornado Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Paul Manuel Star Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Jos Schrier Soling Helmsman: Roy Heiner Crew: Peter Burggraaff Han Bergsma Substitutes Unknown Officials Chef d' équipe: Nick de Jong Coach: Jeroen Pels Equipment: Henk Tebbertman Team size Female: 2 Male: 12 Officials: 3 Total: 16 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 1 Total: 1 Sources "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1992-06-01. Retrieved 2014-02-01.  "Assenaar klusjesman Olympische zeilploeg Op weg naar Barcelona". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 1992-07-17. Retrieved 2014-02-01.