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

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.

External links

Olympic Games Preceded byJeroen Delmee Flagbearer for  Netherlands London 2012 Succeeded byJeroen Dubbeldam


Olympic champions in men's Sailboard
World champions in men's RS:X
<2008 2012 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2016>
<2012 2016 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2020>
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