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Roy Heiner
Roy Heiner (born 22 November 1960, in Virginia, Free State, South Africa) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. Heiner took 7th place in the Finn. In 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona Heiner helmed the Dutch Soling. With crew members Peter Burggraaff and Han Bergsma Heiner took 18th place. Heiner switched back to the Finn for the 1996 Summer Olympics, Savannah and took the bronze medal. His last Olympic appearance was in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. With crew members Peter van Niekerk and Dirk de Ridder Heiner took 4th place in the Soling. Sailing career Besides his Olympic sailing career Heiner competed on professional basis in: * Three years in the World Matchrace circuit * Three Volvo Ocean Races, ** Skipper of ''Brunel Sunergy'' (1997–1998) ** Skipper of ''Assa Abloy'' (2002) for the first leg (sacked in Cape Town) ** Technical Director of the winning Team ABN AMRO campaign (2005–2006) * BMW Oracle (America's Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia, Free State
Virginia is a gold mining town located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality and on goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa about 140 km (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein the provincial capital. History In 1890, two railway surveyors from the state of Virginia in the United States etched the name of their birthplace on a boulder near the farm Merriespruit. When a railway siding was eventually established at this spot, the name was adopted, and it stuck after the discovery of gold in 1949 which resulted in a mushrooming settlement on the banks of the Sand River. In 1988 the Sand River burst its banks and flooded parts of the town. In 1994 the Merriespruit tailings dam disaster occurred just outside Virginia, killing seventeen people. On the 5 December 2000, Virginia was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality along with the city of Welkom and the towns of Allanridge, Hennenman, Odendaalsrus and Ventersburg. During the apartheid era, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Burggraaff
Peter Burggraaff (born 16 March 1971, in 's-Hertogenbosch) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Burgraaff as crew in the Dutch Soling with Roy Heiner as helmsman and Han Bergsma Hendrik Ate "Han" Bergsma (born 16 February 1961, in Akkrum) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Bergsma as crew in the Dutch Soling with Roy Heiner as helmsman and Peter Burggr ... as fellow crew Burggraaff took 18th place. Professional life * Business consultant: ''CapGemini (1996–1999)'' * Managing partner: ''Tam Tam (2000–2002)'' * Chief Information Officer: ''Farmers' Trading Company (2003–2006)'' * IT outsource Program Director: ''HCL Technologies (2007)'' * Director: ''The Boston Consulting Group (2008 – Present)'' Further reading 1992 Olympics (Barcelona) * * * * * References Living people 1971 births Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Durban-Westville
The University of Durban-Westville (UDW) was a university situated in Westville, a town situated near Durban, South Africa, which opened in 1972. It is now one of the campuses of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It was initially established for Indians, as during apartheid there were few universities that admitted non-White students. Prior to the building of UDW, Indian students traveled by ferry to a facility at Salisbury Island, which had been established in 1961 as the University College for Indians UDW offered degrees in commerce, the arts, law, engineering, and health sciences and sciences in general. Later an indoor sports centre was built, which hosted national sporting events. UDW was the hub of many student anti-apartheid political rallies. Campaign of intimidation In 1995 it was reported that staff members had been subjected to death threats, violence, break-ins to their homes and offices and smear campaigns by other staff members. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways. Civil engineering is traditionally broken into a number of sub-disciplines. It is considered the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. Civil engineering can take place in the public sector from municipal public works departments through to federal government agencies, and in the private sector from locally based firms to global Fortune 500 companies. History Civil engineering as a discipline Civil engineering is the application of physical and scientific principles for solving the problems of society, and its history is intricately linked to advances in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America's Cup
The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging for the cup (the challenger). Matches are held several years apart on dates agreed between the defender and the challenger. There is no fixed schedule, but the races have generally been held every three to four years. The most recent America's Cup match took place in March 2021. The cup was originally known as the 'R.Y.S. £100 Cup', awarded in 1851 by the British Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. The winning yacht was a schooner called '' America'', owned by a syndicate of members from the New York Yacht Club (NYYC). In 1857, the syndicate permanently donated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assa Abloy (yacht)
''Assa Abloy'' (also known as ''SonyEricsson'') is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that took part in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race where she finished second. She is an Farr Yacht Design Farr Yacht Design, founded by Bruce Farr in Auckland, New Zealand, is a racing yacht design firm based in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. The firm is led by Patrick Shaughnessy. Its yachts measure from to . Farr develops custom and pro ... launched in 2001. ''Assa Abloy'' participated in the 2004 Volvo Baltic Race under her new name ''SonyEricson''. She won the competition skippered by Thomas Blixt.http://www.maringuiden.se/nyheter/_/båtnotiser/thomas-blixt-vann-volvo-baltic-race-r91 References {{Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winning yachts (line honours) 2000s sailing yachts Volvo Ocean 60 yachts Sailing yachts of Sweden Volvo Ocean Race yachts Sailing yachts designed by Bruce Farr Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race yachts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunel Sunergy
''Brunel Sunergy'' is a yacht. She finished eight in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Hans Bouscholte Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ... and Roy Heiner. Career ''Brunel Sunergy'' was designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Holland Composites. References {{Reflist Volvo Ocean Race yachts Sailing yachts of the Netherlands Volvo Ocean 60 yachts 1990s sailing yachts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Ocean Race
The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, and in 2019 it was renamed The Ocean Race. Though the route changes to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in October, and in recent editions has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover cities. The most recent race, the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race started in Alicante, Spain, and concluded in The Hague, Netherlands, with stopovers in Lisbon, Cape Town, Melbourne, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport, Cardiff, and Gothenburg. Each of the entries has a sailing crew who race day and night for more than 20 days at a time on some of the legs. Since the 2008–2009 race there has also been a dedicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling
The Soling Three Person Keelboat was sailed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held from 17 to 30 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The series started as a fleet race and then switched to match racing for the twelve best crew. 16 crews from 16 countries competed on 16 boats with a total of 48 sailors. The Norwegian crew of Herman Horn Johannessen, Paul Davis and Espen Stokkeland finished first in the fleet racing stage, while Danish crew of Jesper Bank, Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen won the Olympic gold medal by beating the German crew of 1996 champion helmsman Jochen Schümann, Gunnar Bahr and Ingo Borkowski Ingo Borkowski (born 2 October 1971) is a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling class with Jochen Schümann and Gunnar Bahr at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympi ... with 4–3 in the final series. Norway won the bronze medal through beating the Netherlands with 3–1 in matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk De Ridder (sailor)
Dirk de Ridder (born 29 December 1972) is a sailor born in Oudewater, Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Peter van Niekerk as fellow crew member, De Ridder took the 4th place in the Soling. He has sailed in four The Ocean Race's, in 1997–98 on '' Merit Cup'', 2001–02 on the winning '' Illbruck Challenge'', in 2005–06 on ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' and in 2014–15 on ''Team Brunel''. He was a member of Oracle Racing on '' USA 17'' in the 2010 America's Cup. He sailed for the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series but was banned from the 2013 America's Cup The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand r ... due to being a part of Oracle's cheating during the World Series. De Ridder maintained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Niekerk
Petrus Reininus Johannes "Peter" van Niekerk (born 30 November 1971 in Hazerswoude) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Dirk de Ridder as fellow crew member, Van Niekerk took the 4th place in the Soling. In the 2004 Olympics in Athena Van Niekerk made his second Olympic appearance. This time in the Star with Mark Neeleman as helmsman. They took 14th place. In 1997–98, he was a crewmember on Volvo 60 yacht ''Brunel Sunergy'' in the Whitbread Round the World Race and in 2008–09 on yacht ''Delta Lloyd'' in the Volvo Ocean Race. He sailed for ALL4ONE Challenge in the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai The Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai was the fourth in a scheduled series of regattas that compete for the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta occurred in Dubai between 14–27 November 2010. The Louis Vuitton Trophy format uses existing International A ....http://www ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
