Erik Hansen (sailor)

Erik Hansen
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Soling class
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Soling class

Erik Herman Hansen (born 4 June 1945 in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.

Together with Valdemar Bandolowski and Poul Richard Høj Jensen he won a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,[1] and again at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  2. ^ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erik Hansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.