Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Dorian van Rijsselberghe
Personal information
Full nameDorian Benno Eric van Rijsselberge
NationalityDutch
Born (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 35)
Den Burg
Height1.89 m (6.2 ft)
Sailing career
ClassRS:X
ClubWaddenteam
Competition record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London RS:X
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro RS:X
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Perth RS:X
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aarhus RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2013 Buzios RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2016 Eilat RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2019 Garda RS:X
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Weymouth RS:X
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Al Mussanah RS:X
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 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]

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

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

2012 Olympics

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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

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  • "The Official International Sailing Federation Olympic Games Website: London 2012". ISAF. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

References

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  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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Preceded by Flagbearer for  Netherlands
London 2012 		Succeeded by


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