Jan D. Boersma (born November 1, 1968) is a

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

from the

Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...

, 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.

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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