Erik Hansen (sailor)

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Erik Hansen sailing

Erik Hansen (sailor)
Erik Hansen (right) at the 1976 Olympic Games

Nationality: DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Birthday: June 4, 1945
Place of birth: DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen
Size: 178 cm
Weight: 87 kg
Society: Dragør Sejlklub
Boat classes: Soling , dragons
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Dragons Gold Cup 3 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold 1976 Montreal Soling
gold 1980 Moscow Soling
Logo of the WS Sailing world championships
silver 1977 Hanko Soling
gold 1987 Geelong Dragons
gold 1989 Torbay Dragons
Dragons Gold Cup
gold Skovshoved 1984 Dragons
gold Enkhuizen 1986 Dragons
gold Dublin 1990 Dragons

Erik Herman Hansen (born June 4, 1945 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish regatta sailor .

biography

Together with Valdemar Bandolowski and Poul Høj Jensen , he was Olympic champion at the 1976 Games in Montreal and 1980 in Moscow in Soling .

In 1987 he was able to win his first world championship in kites together with Søren Hvalsø and Valdemar Bandolowski . Two years later he managed to defend his title together with Poul Høj Jensen and Jan Persson .

In the crew of Valdemar Bandolowski and Poul Høj Jensen he was three times winner of the prestigious Dragon Gold Cup .

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personal data
SURNAME Hansen, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hansen, Erik Herman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish regatta sailor
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark