Sailboarding at the Summer Olympics

Sailboarding or Windsurfing has been one of the Olympic sailing events at the Summer Olympics since 1984 for men and 1992 for women. All sailors use the same One Design boards, daggerboards, fins and sails. The equipment is chosen to allow racing in a wide range of sailing conditions, as during the Olympic Games events must take place as scheduled whether or not there is enough wind for planing.

NZer Bruce Kendall, Olympic sailboarding medalist 1988, 1992

Years and equipment

2004, Men's sailboard, 2004, Women's sailboard,
2008, Men's sailboard, 2008, Women's sailboard

Individual sailboarders

Multiple medal winners include Alessandra Sensini and Barbara Kendall with three medals; and Bruce Kendall (brother of Barbara Kendall) and Dorian van Rijsselberghe with two medals. See List of Olympic medalists in sailing#Sailboard class. Olympic sailboarders are included in Category:Olympic sailors.

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