Dorian van Rijsselberghe

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Dorian van Rijsselberghe
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Personal information
Full nameDorian Benno Eric van Rijsselberge
NationalityDutch
Born (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 36)
Den Burg
Height1.89 m (6.2 ft)
Sailing career
Class RS:X
ClubWaddenteam
Competition record
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London RS:X
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro RS:X
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Perth RS:X
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Aarhus RS:X
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Buzios RS:X
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Eilat RS:X
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Garda RS:X
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Weymouth RS:X
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Al Mussanah RS:X
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Palermo RS:X
Updated on 27 February 2016

Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 24 November 1988, in Den Burg) is a sailor (windsurfer) from the Netherlands. [1] [2]

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He won his first Dutch title when he was 13.

Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch RS:X won the gold medals [3] at the 2012 Olympics [4] [5] in Weymouth, and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Personal life

Van Rijsselberghe was a student at CIOS. Van Rijsselberghe is married and has two daughters.

2012 Olympics

Van Rijsselberghe dominated the competition completely by finishing first among the 38 competitors in 7 out of 10 races, second twice and third once. [6] After the ninth race, he had accumulated a sufficient lead over the second placed Nick Dempsey to be certain to win the gold medal – as long as he competed in the remaining races – irrespective of his results in the 10th race and in the medal race.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorian van Rijsselberghe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Website Van Rijsselberghe" . Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "International Sailing Federation: London 2012 Results centre". Sailing.org. International Sailing Federation . Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nederlandse deelnemers Londen 2012". Zeilen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Deelnemers uit Nederland". Zoekenvindalles.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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