Ab Ekels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ab Ekels

Olympic sailor

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: skipper

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Albert Sybrandus "Ab" Ekels (5 December 1950, Hilversum) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Canada.
With helmsman Ben Staartjes Ekels took the 8th place in the Tempest.
Ekels later specialized in the Star and Dragon together with fellow crew members Harald de Vlaming and helmsman Pieter Keijzer. Ab Ekels was head of the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.