Stephan van den Berg in 1985
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Born |
Hoorn |
February 20, 1962
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) |
Windglider Lechner A-390 |
Competition record
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Updated on 19 February 2014. |
Stephan van den Berg (born 20 February 1962) is a retired windsurfer from the Netherlands. He was a reigning world champion between 1980 and 1983 and during 1984 Summer Olympics, Long beach, California won the first Olympic Gold medal in the Men's 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.
Stephan van den Berg is, with his brothers, owner of VANDENBERG Surf. With outlets in Hoorn and Zandvoort it is specialized in the popular sports like: