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 31)
Gouda, Netherlands
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands / Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
SportBobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh (brakeman)

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

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 FIBT Profile Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Sports Reference Profile".
  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.