Sjoerd Vollebregt

Sjoerd Vollebregt

Personal information
Full name	Sjoerd Steven Vollebregt
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1954-12-10) 10 December 1954 Leiden
Height	1.85 m (6.1 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)	470 Flying Dutchman Soling
Club	Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging De Kaag
Competition record Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games 1976 Kingston Flying Dutchman 1980 Talinn Flying Dutchman World Championships 1972 Montreal 470 1977 Torbole Flying Dutchman 1979 Kiel Flying Dutchman
Updated on 13 February 2014.

Sjoerd Steven Vollebregt (born 10 December 1954, in Leiden^[1]) is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario.^[2][3] With twin brother Erik Vollebregt as helmsman, Vollebregt finished 14th in the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman. Since in 1980 the Netherlands boycotted the Moscow Olympics, Vollebregt represented^[4] his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag in the Flying Dutchman. Again with his brother as helmsman, he took 7th place.^[5][6]

After the 1980 Olympics Vollebregt started a new Olympic campaign for the 1984 Olympics crewing in the Soling together with Gijs Evers and his older brother Peter Vollebregt as helmsman but finally failed to qualify.

Controversions

• 1976:

During the selection for the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team for the 1976 Olympics a controversy^[7][8] emerged between twelve sailors and the selection committee chaired by André du Pon. Fred Imhoff and Heike Blok, two sailors hoping to be selected, filed suit, arguing that Frieda Vollebergt,^[9] the communications person for the sailing team, was partial: as mother of Erik, Sjoerd, and Peter Vollebregt, all candidates for the 1976 Olympic sailing event, she was accused for having a bias towards her children. In the end^[10] Imhoff and Blok lost the lawsuit^{[11][12][13][14]} and were removed from the 1976 selection.^[15] During this period Vollebregt's father, Jan Vollebregt, was president of the Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond (Dutch Yacht Racing Union).

• 1980:

Several countries^[16] did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.

Further reading

1976 Olympics (Kingston) Canada

• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 13 February 2014. 
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 13 February 2014. 
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 13 February 2014. 

1980 Olympics (Talinn) Soviet Union

• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 13 February 2014. 
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 13 February 2014. 
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 13 February 2014. 

References

<1972 1976 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1980> Finn No Dutch Representation 470 Helmsman: Joop van Werkhoven Crew: Robert van Werkhoven Flying Dutchman Helmsman: Erik Vollebregt Crew: Sjoerd Vollebregt Tornado No Dutch Representation Tempest Helmsman: Ben Staartjes Crew: Ab Ekels Soling Helmsman: Geert Bakker Crew: Pieter Keijzer Harald de Vlaming Substitutes 470: Jaap de Zeeuw Flying Dutchman, Tempest: Frank de Vos Soling: Dick Coster Officials Chef d'équipe: André du Pon Substitute Chef d'équipe: Gerald Leverland Trainer-Coach: Jack van Hellemond Rules specialist: Klaas Schat Physiotherapist: Bret van Lavieren Team size Female: 0 Male: 9 Officials: 8 Total: 17 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0 Sources "Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1976-07-12. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

<1976 1980 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1984> Finn Helmsman: Mark Neeleman 470 Helmsman: Henk van Gent Crew: Jan Willem van den Hondel Flying Dutchman Helmsman: Erik Vollebregt Crew: Sjoerd Vollebregt Tornado Helmsman: Willem van Walt Meijer Crew: Govert Brasser Star Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Crew: Kobus Vandenberg Soling Helmsman: Geert Bakker Crew: Dick Coster Steven Bakker Substitutes Flying Dutchman: Henri van der Aat Star: Kees Douze Soling: Frank de Vos Officials Chef de Equipe: Ben Staartjes Coach: Jack van Hellemond Ben de Roos Equipment: Gert Pauli Team size Female: 0 Male: 13 Officials: 3 Total: 19 Medals 01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0 Sources "Zeilers: ,We gaan’". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1980-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-29.