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).

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. who represented his country at the

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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 {{Denmark-yachtracing-bio-stub