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Dick Coster

Coster in 1976
Personal information
Full name	Benedictus Antonius Maria Coster
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1946-06-19) 19 June 1946 (age 78) Leiden
Height	1.72 m (5.6 ft)
Sailing career
Class	Soling
Club	Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging De Kaag
Medal record Sailing Representing  Netherlands Vintage Yachting Games 2008 Medemblik Soling
Updated on 2014-01-30

Benedictus Antonius Maria "Dick" Coster (born 19 June 1946 in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Coster represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Geert Bakker as helmsman and fellow crew member Steven Bakker, Coster took the 5th place in the Soling. During the 1976 Olympics Coster was substitute for the Dutch Soling team.

Dick Coster also represented The Netherlands during the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games in Medemblik as crew in the Soling with helmsman Steven Bakker and fellow crewmembers Sven Coster and Joost Houweling. The team took silver.

Sailing career

Coster sailed Solo before he picked up Olympic sailing. During the Olympic campaigns (2002–2012) of his sons (Sven Coster and Kalle Coster) Coster worked as their coach.

Professional life

Until his retirement Coster worked in the assurance business.

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.

Sources

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dick Coster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
• "Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 12 July 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Olympische zeilselectie" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 20 May 1976. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 16 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 22 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

External links

• Dick Coster at World Sailing
• Dick Coster at Olympics.com
• Dick Coster at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Soling Dutch Championship Winners

Fleet racing

1971: Klein, S. Bakker & J. Schäfer 1972: G. Bakker, Lucas & F. Bakker 1973:  East Germany Below, Engelhardt & Zachries 1974: Blok, Vandenberg & Kurpershoek 1975 - 77 Not held 1978: G. Bakker 1979:  United Kingdom Simonds 1980:  Denmark Kantman 1981: G. Bakker, Coster & Behrend 1982:  Denmark Bandolowski, Palm & Hansen 1983:  West Germany Kuhweide 1984 - 85 Not held 1986:  West Germany Jungblut 1987:  West Germany Jungblut 1988:  Italy Lamaro, Della Vecchia, Romano 1989: Heiner 1990: Heiner 1991: Kimman, Keijser & Unger 1992: den Outer, Samdahl  Norway & Ruys 1993: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga 1994: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga 1995: den Outer, de Zeeuw & Determan 1996 - 97 Not held 1998: den Outer, Offermans & den Arend 1999: den Outer, Determan & den Arend 2000: den Outer, de Lange & Determan 2001: Not held 2002: Offermans, Schoof & Copper 2003:  United States Walker, Zijlstra & Brown 2004 - 07 Not held 2008: den Outer, Determan, den Arend 2009 - 10 Not held 2011: den Outer, Determan, Lidlow 2012: den Outer, Lidlow, D. Bakker 2013: Offermans, Hillige & van Braam 2014: den Outer, lidlow, Souli 2015: den Outer, lidlow, Souli 2016: den Outer, de Lange & Souli 2017: Heinonen  Finland, Helmhout & Werf 2018: Heinonen  Finland, Helmhout & Palmu  Finland 2019: den Outer, de Lange & Bosch 2020: NOT held because of COVID-19 2021: den Outer, de Lange & Souli

v t e <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	: 0 : 0 : 0 Total: 0
Sources	"Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 12 July 1976. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

v t e <1976 1980 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 1984>
Finn	Helmsman: Mark Neeleman
470	Helmsman: Henk van Gent Crew: Jan Willem van den Hondel
Flying Dutchman	Helmsman: Erik Vollebregt Crew: Sjoerd Vollebregt
Tornado	Helmsman: Willem van Walt Meijer Crew: Govert Brasser
Star	Helmsman: Boudewijn Binkhorst Crew: Kobus Vandenberg
Soling	Helmsman: Geert Bakker Crew: Dick Coster Steven Bakker
Substitutes	Flying Dutchman: Henri van der Aat Star: Kees Douze Soling: Frank de Vos
Officials	Chef de Equipe: Ben Staartjes Coach: Jack van Hellemond Bernard de Roos Equipment: Gert Pauli
Team size	Female: 0 Male: 13 Officials: 3 Total: 19
Medals	: 0 : 0 : 0 Total: 0
Sources	"Zeilers: ,We gaan'". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 16 May 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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