Dorian van Rijsselberghe
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Full name | Dorian Benno Eric van Rijsselberge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Den Burg | 24 November 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6.2 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | RS:X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Waddenteam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
Van Rijsselberghe was a student at . 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[]
- "The Official International Sailing Federation Olympic Games Website: London 2012". ISAF. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
References[]
- ^ "Dorian van Rijsselberghe Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Website Van Rijsselberghe". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "International Sailing Federation: London 2012 Results centre". ISAF. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Nederlandse deelnemers Londen 2012". www.zeilen.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Deelnemers uit Nederland". www.zoekenvindalles.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- Living people
- 1988 births
- People from Texel
- Dutch windsurfers
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Olympic sailors of the Netherlands
- Dutch male sailors (sport)
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- RS:X class world champions
- Dutch yacht racing biography stubs
- Windsurfing stubs
- Water sports biography stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs