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Stephan van den Berg

Stephan van den Berg in 1985
Personal information
Born	(1962-02-20) 20 February 1962 (age 62) Hoorn
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Windglider Lechner A-390
Competition record Representing  Netherlands Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Windglider 7th 1992 Barcelona Men's Lechner A-390
Updated on 19 February 2014

Stephan van den Berg (born 20 February 1962) is a retired windsurfer from the Netherlands. He was world champion in 1983 and in the 1984 Summer Olympics, Long beach, California won the first Olympic Gold medal in the Windglider for the Netherlands. After that he turned professional and therefore missed the 1988 Olympics. He returned to amateurs to compete at the 1992 Olympics, Barcelona where he finished in seventh place in the Men's Lechner A-390.

Professional life

Stephan van den Berg is, with his brothers, owner of VANDENBERG Surf. With outlets in Almere, Hoorn and Zandvoort it is specialized in the popular sports like:

• Windsurfing
• Kitesurfing
• Wingfoiling
• SUP
• Watersports
• Winter sports

Further reading

• (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

1984 Olympics (Los Angeles)  United States (USA)

• Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 1) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 2) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 3) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 1) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 2) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 3) (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

1992 Olympics (Barcelona)  Spain (ESP)

• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer" (PDF). Barcelona. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

References

1. "Stephan van den Berg Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
2. "VANDENBERG Surf". Hoorn: www.vandenbergsurf.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
3. "Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
4. "Toppers bijeen in Hyeres Olympisch zeilexamen". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 April 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
5. Norris McWhirter (1993). The Guinness Book of Records 1993. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-56257-6.
6. "Aspiraties". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 April 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
7. "Verwachtingen voor Los Angeles hoog gespannen Gouden kansen voor olympische zeilptoeg". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 28 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
8. "Zeilcoach rekent op een medaille". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 31 July 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
9. "Zeilers smeken om meer wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 3 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
10. "Zeilers verspelen kansen op medaille Tijdperk 'Vliegende Hollanders' voorbij". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 8 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
11. "LOS ANGELES'84 23ste Olympische Zomerspelen Goud voor Stephan". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 9 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
12. "Surfgoud kan impuls geven Watersport wacht op frisse wind". Dagblad De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 August 1984. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
13. "Twentse surfster redt eer zeilvloot". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 3 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
14. "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 April 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
15. "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
16. "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 30 July 1992. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
17. "1984 Summer Olympics". Retrieved 19 February 2014.

External links

• Stephan van den Berg at World Sailing
• Stephan van den Berg at Olympics.com
• Stephan van den Berg at Olympedia (archive)

v t e <1980 1984 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1988>
Windglider Male	Surfer: Stephan van den Berg
Finn	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman
470	Helmsman: John Stavenuiter Crew: Guido Alkemade
Flying Dutchman	No Dutch Representation
Tornado	Helmsman: Willy van Bladel Crew: Huub Lambriex
Star	Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Crew: Willem van Walt Meijer
Soling	No Dutch Representation
Substitutes	Windglider Male: Onno Tellier Finn: Ron van Manen 470: Cees van Bladel Tornado: Sjaak Haakman
Officials	Chef d' équipe: André du Pon Coach: Henri van der Aat Bart Jan Wilton
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 8 Officials: 0 Total: 7
Medals	: 1 : 0 : 0 Total: 1
Sources	"Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1984-07-11. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

v t e <1988 1992 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1996>
Lechner A-390 Female	Surfer: Dorien de Vries
Lechner A-390 Male	Surfer: Stephan van den Berg
Europe Female	Helmsman: Martine van Leeuwen
Finn	No Dutch Representation
470 Female	No Dutch Representation
470 Male	Helmsman: Ben Kouwenhoven Crew: Jan Kouwenhoven
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Willem Potma Crew: Gerhard Potma
Tornado	Helmsman: Ron van Teylingen Crew: Paul Manuel
Star	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman Crew: Jos Schrier
Soling	Helmsman: Roy Heiner Crew: Peter Burggraaff Han Bergsma
Substitutes	Unknown
Officials	Chef d' équipe: Nick de Jong Coach: Jeroen Pels Equipment: Henk Tebbertman
Team size	Female: 2 Male: 12 Officials: 3 Total: 16
Medals	: 0 : 0 : 1 Total: 1
Sources	"Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 1992-06-01. Retrieved 2014-02-01. "Assenaar klusjesman Olympische zeilploeg Op weg naar Barcelona". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 1992-07-17. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

• Living people
• 1962 births
• Sportspeople from Hoorn
• Dutch windsurfers
• Dutch male sailors (sport)
• Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Windglider
• Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390
• Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
• Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in sailing
• Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
• 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
• 21st-century Dutch people