Steven Feico Alle Bakker (born 13 April 1949 in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

) is a

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from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did

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the

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Olympic Games Bakker represented his National Olympic Committee at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, which was boycotted by several countries, in

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under the Dutch

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flag. With his father Geert Bakker as helmsman and fellow crew member

Dick Coster 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 T ...

, Bakker took the 5th place in the Soling. In the 1988 Olympics in

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Bakker made his second Olympic appearance. This time as helmsman in the Dutch

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with

Kobus Vandenberg Jacobus "Kobus" Vandenberg (born 17 July 1950, in Hilversum) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Vandenberg represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which ...

as crew. They took 9th place. Steven Bakker also represented The Netherlands during the

2008 Vintage Yachting Games The 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was the first post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event took place on the IJsselmeer of Medemblik, the Netherlands, from 20 September to 27 September 2008. A total of 66 sai ...

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as helmsman in the Soling with crewmembers Sven/

and Joost Houweling. The team took silver. At the

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Bakker helmed again the Soling now with crewmembers Robin Segaar and Casper van Drunen. The team finished 11th in the series.

Professional life

Bakker held several positions in the construction and real estate business. Nowadays he is director of Varese in the Netherlands.

Sources

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Living people 1949 births Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch Dutch male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Rotterdam Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Sailors at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games Sailors at the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games Soling class world champions 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub