Ab Ekels

Ab Ekels
Personal information
Full name	Albert Sybrandus Ekels
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1950-12-05) 5 December 1950 Hilversum
Height	1.90 m (6.2 ft)

Sailing career
Class(es)	Tempest; Star; Dragon.
Club	"Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging Loosdrecht"
Updated on 2013-12-21.

Albert Sybrandus "Ab" Ekels (December 5, 1950, Hilversum) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Canada. With helmsman Ben Staartjes Ekels took the 8th place in the Tempest. Ekels later specialized in the Star and Dragon together with fellow crew members Harald de Vlaming and helmsman Pieter Keijzer.

Ab Ekels was head of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sources

"Ab Ekels Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
"Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1976-07-12. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
"Olympische zeilselectie" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1976-05-20. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
"Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
"Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
"Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
"Albert (Ab) S. Ekels". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

<1972 1976 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1980>

Finn	No Dutch Representation

470	Helmsman: Joop van Werkhoven Crew: Robert van Werkhoven

Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Erik Vollebregt Crew: Sjoerd Vollebregt

Tornado	No Dutch Representation

Tempest	Helmsman: Ben Staartjes Crew: Ab Ekels

Soling	Helmsman: Geert Bakker Crew: Pieter Keijzer Harald de Vlaming

Substitutes	470: Jaap de Zeeuw Flying Dutchman, Tempest: Frank de Vos Soling: Dick Coster

Officials	Chef d'équipe: André du Pon Substitute Chef d'équipe: Gerald Leverland Trainer-Coach: Jack van Hellemond Rules specialist: Klaas Schat Physiotherapist: Bret van Lavieren

Team size	Female: 0 Male: 9 Officials: 8 Total: 17

Medals	01 !: 0 02 !: 0 03 !: 0 Total: 0

Sources	"Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1976-07-12. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

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