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Division II (windsurf Board)
The 1988 Olympics, Olympic sailing report ISAF ' ps, کمک او همکاري ' , allies = Afghanistan , opponents = Taliban Al-Qaeda , commander1 = , commander1_label = Commander , commander2 = , commander2_label = , commander3 = , command ... saw the introduction of Lechner Division II boards. The Division II class used a 6.5 m sail and were round bottomed boards designed for upwind sailing in light to moderate winds. Although they were difficult to sail downwind and a technical board to sail upwind, they are still the fastest board upwind in up to of breeze. The contest for the Olympic board had been between the Davidson (a Swedish design) and the Lechner built in Austria. The final Olympic rig was available less than a year before the Olympics. Like in 1984, the supplied equipment was rotated daily (except for the rigs). References Olympic sailing classes Windsurfing equipment {{Windsurfing-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windglider
For the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics,http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-4.php Olympic sailing report ISAF the Olympic board choice was between the original Windsurfer One Design manufactured by Hoyle Schweitzer and the Windglider designed by Fred Ostermann and made in Europe by Dufour. The Windglider was chosen late in 1983 based on it being more 'one design' as the Windsurfer was made of polyethylene and its rocker could be easily changed with heat and weight on a daily basis. Description The Windglider used a sail but the use of a harness was not permitted. The daggerboard weighed around and was carried over the sailor's shoulder during the downwind legs. The 1984 Olympic course of nine nautical miles put a premium on the competitors strength and fitness. The supplied equipment was rotated daily (except for the rigs). The Windglider was designed by the German Fred Osterman References See also *Windsurfing Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechner A-390
The Lechner A-390 was an Olympic Class windsurf board for the 1992 Olympics.http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php Olympic sailing report ISAF It was only raced at the Games that year. Description Lechner was modified their Division II to bring the centreboard and mast track further aft. The rig supplier, Neil Pryde, was decided 3 years before the Olympics. The supplied equipment stayed with the sailor for the entire regatta as it was expected that each board needed special tuning to the daggerboard system. References See also * Lechner A-390 World Championships *Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Men's Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cours ... * Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Women's {{Classes of the Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1988 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1988 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 September 1988 to 27 September 1988 of the coast of Busan and was the first time that a separate event was allocated exclusively for women (sailed in the 470 class). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses. Venue 300px, Busan Yachting Center According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since the sailing conditions of the coast near Seoul are not very suitable for Olympic sailing Busan was chosen for the 1988 Sailing event. A total of two race areas were created of the coast of Busan. Busa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Sailing Federation
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New Zealand At The 1988 Summer Olympics
New Zealand competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 83 competitors, 67 men and 16 women, took part in 58 events in 16 sports. In addition, New Zealand sent four women to compete in Taekwondo, which was one of the Olympic Games' demonstration sports. Sports administrator Bruce Ullrich was New Zealand's Chef de Mission, after previously having had that role for the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. Medal tables Competitors The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport. Archery New Zealand's 1988 archery team included only one woman, veteran Ann Shurrock. Athletics Track and road Combined Canoeing Cycling Thirteen cyclists, twelve men and one woman, represented New Zealand in 1988. Road Track ;Men's 1 km time trial ;Men's individual pursuit ;Men's team pursuit Equestrian Eventing Jumping Individual Team Fencing One male fencer represented N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Kendall
Anthony Bruce Kendall (born 27 June 1964) is a two-time Olympic medallist in sailing for New Zealand. He has served as an elected member of the Howick Local Board since 2019. Yachting Kendall's family are yachtsmen. He began sailing in the P-class and Starlings before progressing to crewing 470 and keelboats. When he was 14 he turned to windsurfing. Olympics Competing in boardsailing, Kendall's first medal was a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he improved to win the gold medal. Kendall also competed at the following Olympics in Barcelona, just failing to win another medal due to faulty equipment. The fin on his Lechner board, which were supplied by the Olympic regatta organisers in those days, snapped in the third race.New Zealand's Greatest Olympians – Number 18: Bruce Kendall, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 19 July 2016 5:00am At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Kendall was a sailing coach for the New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of The Netherlands Antilles
The flag of the Netherlands Antilles was white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. It was adopted on 19 November 1959. The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. 1986 modification In 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles resulting in the flag being modified to depict only five stars to represent the remaining five islands. Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved into Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the three public bodies of the Caribbean Netherlands. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Antilles At The 1988 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands Antilles competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Jan Boersma won the nation's first ever Olympic medal. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Medalists Sailing ;Open Shooting ;Women Swimming ;Men References Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
Jan Boersma
Jan D. Boersma (born November 1, 1968) is a sailor from the Netherlands Antilles, who won a silver medal in Men's Lechner Sailboard in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ..., his country's first and only Olympic medal. External links * profile 1968 births Living people Dutch Antillean male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Division II Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Antilles Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Antilles Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{NorthAm-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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United States At The 1988 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 527 competitors, 332 men and 195 women, took part in 230 events in 27 sports. The United States finished outside of the top two in the overall medal count (third behind the Soviet Union and East Germany) for the first time and in the gold medal count for only the second time. That was mainly caused by the extensive state-sponsored doping programs that were developed in these communist countries to fulfil their political agenda on an international stage. Medalists The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;", * - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final. Archery The United States continued to be a strong contender in archery, though it found that South Korea had take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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