Ab Ekels
{{Short description|Dutch sailor (born 1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox sailor
| name = Ab Ekels
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| fullname = Albert Sybrandus Ekels
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| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hilversum, Netherlands
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| height = {{convert|1.90|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| retired =
| classes = Tempest, Star, Dragon
| club = "Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging Loosdrecht"
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| show-medals = yes
| updated = 2013-12-21
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Albert Sybrandus "Ab" Ekels (born 5 December 1950, in 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
- {{cite Sports-Reference
| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/ab-ekels-1.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105116/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ek/ab-ekels-1.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2020-04-18
| title = Ab Ekels
| access-date = 2014-01-09
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010620261:mpeg21:a0244
| title = Nederlandse delegatie
| publisher = Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
| date = 1976-07-12
| language = Dutch
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011200804:mpeg21:a0338
| title = Olympische zeilselectie
| publisher = De Telegraaf
| date = 1976-05-20
| language = Dutch
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v1.pdf
| title = Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume I: Organization
| publisher = COJO
| location = Ottawa
| year = 1978
| format = PDF
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v2.pdf
| title = Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume II: Facilities
| publisher = COJO
| location = Ottawa
| year = 1978
| format = PDF
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v3.pdf
| title = Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III: Results
| publisher = COJO
| location = Ottawa
| year = 1978
| format = PDF
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=36126824&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=ouZh&locale=en_US&srchid=72527541390993453072&srchindex=1&srchtotal=1&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A72527541390993453072%2CVSRPtargetId%3A36126824%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary
| title = Albert (Ab) S. Ekels
| website = linkedin.com
| access-date = 2014-01-29
}}
External links
- {{World Sailing|albert-s-ekels|Albert S. Ekels|id=NEDAE1}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|abram-ekels|Abram Ekels}}
- {{Olympedia|61918|Ab Ekels}}
{{1976DutchOlympicSailingTeam}}
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Category:Dutch male sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
Category:Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest
Category:Sportspeople from Hilversum
Category:Sailors (sport) from North Holland
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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