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Sailing At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Star
The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Seven races were scheduled. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed. Results DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature start, YMP = Yacht materially prejudiced 13px = Male, 13px = Female Daily standings Notes References * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Star Star A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ... Star (keelboat) class sailing competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach, an IndyCar race and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ferstl
Karl Ferstl (born 31 December 1945) is an Austrian sailor. He won the Olympic Silver Medal in the 1980 in Star class along with Hubert Raudaschl Hubert Raudaschl (; born 26 August 1942 in Sankt Gilgen am Wolfgangsee) is an Austrian sailboat manufacturer and former Olympic athlete. He has participated in nine Olympic games between 1964 and 1996. Raudaschl has competed in the s .... He was also the flag bearer for Austria in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. References 1945 births Living people Austrian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Austria Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{Austria-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Ramos (sailor)
Eduardo Ramos de Souza (born November 3, 1944) is a Brazilian former Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics together with Peter Erzberger, where they finished 9th, and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ... together with Roberto Souza, where they finished 12th. References 1944 births Living people Olympic sailors for Brazil Brazilian male sailors (sport) Star class sailors Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Place of birth missing (living people) Soling class sailors {{Brazil-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coxon
Richard Coxon (born 14 January 1945) is an Australian sailor. He competed in the Star event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec .... References External links * 1945 births Living people Australian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Australia Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Beashel
Colin Kenneth Beashel (born 21 November 1959) is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983 and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazilian Torben Grael, the eighth sailor to compete at six Olympics. He helmed Australia Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. Born in Sydney, Beashel comes from a sailing family. His father Ken is a local sailing legend. His brother Adam was a sailor for Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup in 2003, 2007 and 2013. Adam's wife Lanee Butler sailed at four Olympics. Beashel competed at the Olympics in the two-person keelboat, with Richard Coxon in 1984, Gregory Torpy in 1988, and David Giles from 1992 to 2004. He and Giles also won the World Championships in 1998 in the Star class. He now runs the family boat shop in Elvina Bay, Pittwater. See also * List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games A small fraction of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montague Higgs
Montague Higgs (27 January 1939 – 14 November 2006) was a Bahamian sailor. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1939 births 2006 deaths Bahamian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Bahamas Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Place of birth missing {{Bahamas-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Kelly
Steven Kelly (born ''Stephen Kenneth Kelly'', 15 February 1955) is a businessman and Olympian best known for having competed three times in the Olympic Games. He represented the Bahamas as an Olympic sailor in the Summer Olympics of 1984, 1988 and 1992. He is currently the CEO of Odyssey Aviation, an international flight handling business which offers private aviation services. Personal life He was born in the Bahamas in 1955, the son of Basil T Kelly CBE and Joan Paula Kelly. He attended McDonogh School, in Baltimore and Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. He went on to attend the University of Miami. He is also the owner of the Bahamas Iron & Steel Company Limited. A general construction company he bought in 1981 and ran until 1996, when he went into the aviation industry and founded Odyssey Aviation where he currently works. In 2010, Steven was awarded the Paul Harris Fellow award by the Rotary Club of Nassau in recognition of his longtime commitment to both the Rota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maddocks
John Henry Maddocks (born 7 January 1958) is a British sailor. He competed in the Star event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ... together with Iain Woolward and finished 9th. Maddocks was born in Reading. References External links * * 1958 births Living people British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Woolward
Iain Woolward (born 14 March 1949) is a British sailor. He competed in the Star event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1949 births Living people British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Sportspeople from Edinburgh {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Van Walt Meijer
Willem Scato van Walt Meijer (born 8 July 1958 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Van Walt Meijer represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which was boycotted by several countries, in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Govert Brasser as crew, Van Walt Meijer took the 5th place in the Tornado. Van Walt Meijer returned as crew with Boudewijn Binkhorst in the Star to the 1984 Olympics. There they took 8th place. Sailing career Van Walt Meijer started his international sailing career in the Vaurien. Via the 470 he moved to the Tornado. After the 1980 Summer Olympics Van Walt Meijer briefly tried in 1982 the Soling and the Australian 18ft Skiff before he continued his Olympic career in the Star. Nowadays Van Walt Meijer sails on an irregular basis in the Dragon and the Melges 24. Professional life Van Walt Meijer studied from 1976 till 1983 on the Groningen University and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boudewijn Binkhorst
Hans Boudewijn Binkhorst (17 September 1942 – 16 July 2021) was a Dutch sailor who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco. Binkhorst, on the Dutch Finn, took the 19th place. Since in 1980 The Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Binkhorst in the Star represented his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag . With crew member Kobus Vandenberg. They took 6th place. The last Olympic appearance of Binkhorst was during the 1984 Olympics again in the Star and this time with crew Willem van Walt Meijer. They took 8th place. Controversies 1980: Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devalued. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas. 1982: Just before the start of the 1982 Star World Championship in Medemblik Binkhorst took, by legal procedure, possession of five valuable prizes of the Star Class Organisation (ISCYR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Doreste
José Luis Doreste Blanco (born 19 September 1956) is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class. In 1998–99, he was a crewmember on Fortuna Extra Lights in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Biography He is the brother of Gustavo Doreste and Luis Doreste Luis Doreste Blanco (born 7 March 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas) is a Spanish sailor who won gold medal both in the 1984 Summer Olympics (470 (dinghy), 470 class), and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona (Flying Dutch ..., and the uncle of Manuel Doreste. Doreste is a five-time Olympian. Notes References External links * * * * 1956 births Living people Spanish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sailors at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
