Dick Coster

Benedictus Antonius Maria "Dick" Coster (born June 19, 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

Coster (right) at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games (with Steven Bakker and Joost Houweling)
Personal information
Full name	Benedictus Antonius Maria Coster
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1946-06-19) June 19, 1946 Leiden
Height	1.72 m (5.6 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Soling
Club	Koninklijke Watersport Vereniging De Kaag
Medal record Sailing Representing  Netherlands Vintage Yachting Games 2008 Medemblik Soling
Updated on 2014-01-30.

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

• "Dick Coster Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
• "Nederlandse delegatie" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. 1976-07-12. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Olympische zeilselectie" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1976-05-20. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results" (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. 1978. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Zeilers: ,We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-05-16. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1980-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 1980-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 1980-05-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 2014-01-29.