Bror van der Zijde

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Bror van der Zijde
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Personal information
NationalityDutch / Swiss
Born (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 36)
Gouda, Netherlands
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
SportBobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh (brakeman)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Igls Four-man

Bror van der Zijde (born 13 February 1989) is a Dutch bobsledder. [1]

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Career

Van der Zijde competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. He teamed with driver Edwin van Calker in the two-man event, finishing 19th, and with van Calker, Sybren Jansma and Arno Klaassen in the four-man event, finishing 11th. [2] [3]

Van der Zijde made his World Cup debut in November 2012. As of April 2014, his best World Cup finish is 7th, in a four-man event in 2013-14 at Konigssee. [1]

He joined the Swiss national bobsleigh team as a brakeman for Rico Peter ahead of the 2014-15 season. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 FIBT Profile Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "The post-Olympic ice track season begins in Lake Placid". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing . 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.


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