| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Netherlands | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Men’s equestrian | ||
 | 2000 Sydney | Individual jumping |
Albert Bernard Voorn (born 23 May 1956, in Hilversum [1] ) is a Dutch equestrian and Olympic medalist.
His son is Vincent Voorn who also competed as an international show jumper.
Voorn competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a silver medal in Individual Jumping. [2]
| Results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | Horse | Placing | |||||||
| 1982 | World Championships | Jonker | 4th | |||||||
| 1982 | Dutch Championships | Devon S |  | |||||||
| 1983 | Dutch Championship | Purplex | 5th | |||||||
| 1984 | World Championship | Nimmerdor | 4th | |||||||
| 1986 | World Cup Trial | Rasputin | ||||||||
| 1988 | Dutch Championship | Winnipig |  | |||||||
| 1994 | World Cup Trial | Amethyst | ||||||||
| 2000 | Dutch Championship | Lando |  | |||||||
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