Valdemar Bandolowski

Valdemar Bandolowski (born 17 February 1946 in Esbønderup) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion and former lawyer.

Together with Erik Hansen 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] At the 1972 Olympics he participated with Paul Elvstrøm, but had to withdraw due to Elvstrøm being sick.

He also won the World Cup in Soling in 1984, and the European championship in Soling in 1971.

He was a member of Dragør Sejlklub.

He was one of the initiators of Team Danmark, as a part of the kommission.

Additionally he worked some years as a lawyer in Copenhagen and as the CEO of the travel agency Bounty Club.

References

^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
^ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

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