Full name Jacobus Vandenberg Name Kobus Vandenberg Class(es) Star | Height 1.84 m (6.0 ft) Nationality Dutch | |
Born 17 July 1950 (age 73) ( 1950-07-17 ) Hilversum, Netherlands | ||
Jacobus "Kobus" Vandenberg (born 17 July 1950 in Hilversum) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Vandenberg represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Boudewijn Binkhorst as helmsman, Vandenberg took the 6th place in the Star. In the 1988 Olympics in Pusan Vandenberg made his second Olympic appearance. Again in the Dutch Star this time with Steven Bakker as helmsman. They took 9th place.
Controversy
Several countries did boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics, others like France did not go since they found the competition devaluated. As result only half of the expected fleet was present during the Olympic regattas.
References
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