Jan Eli Andersen (born: 7 July 1966) is a sailor from
Kerteminde
Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,042 (1 January 2022). ,
Denmark
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. who represented his country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Savannah
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,
United States
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as crew member in the
Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...
. With helmsman
Stig Westergaard
Stig Westergaard (born 16 September 1963 in Esbjerg) is a Danish Olympic sailor in the Finn and Soling classes. Westergaard competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on ''Djuice Dragons ...
and fellow crew member
Jens Bojsen-Møller they took the 6th place.
References
Living people
1966 births
Danish male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling
Olympic sailors of Denmark
People from Kerteminde
Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark
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