Svein Rasmussen (born 5 June 1963) is a Norwegian
windsurfer. He was born in
Arendal
Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...
, Norway.
He started windsurfing in 1978 at the Arendal Sailing Club, won the Mistral Worlds in 1983 and participated in the
windsurfing competition 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 ...
in
Los Angeles, where he placed eleventh.
In 1991, he became the first sailor to win in all disciplines of the IFCA Production Class Worlds.
In 1993, Svein Rasmussen retired from competition and decided to start his own windsurfing company. After meeting with Jean-Louis Colmas, a shaper from New Caledonia who, at that time, was the only one to use wood to build windsurf boards, Rasmussen founde
Starboardref> in 1994 and based the company in Thailand where it still is today.
References
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1963 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Arendal
Norwegian windsurfers
Olympic sailors for Norway
Norwegian male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Windglider
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