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Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Personal information
Full name	Dorian Benno Eric van Rijsselberge
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 36) Den Burg
Height	1.89 m (6.2 ft)
Sailing career
Class	RS:X
Club	Waddenteam
Competition record Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2012 London RS:X 2016 Rio de Janeiro RS:X World Championships 2011 Perth RS:X 2018 Aarhus RS:X 2013 Buzios RS:X 2016 Eilat RS:X 2019 Garda RS:X 2009 Weymouth RS:X 2015 Al Mussanah RS:X European Championships 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.

He won his first Dutch title when he was 13.

Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch RS:X won the gold medals at the 2012 Olympics 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. 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

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

• Dorian van Rijsselberghe at World Sailing
• Dorian van Rijsselberghe at Olympics.com
• Dorian van Rijsselberghe at Olympedia (archive)
• Dorian van Rijsselberghe at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)

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

v t e <2008 2012 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2016>
Women's sailboard	No Dutch Representation
Men's sailboard	Surfer: Dorian van Rijsselberge
Laser Radial	Helmsman: Marit Bouwmeester
Laser	Helmsman: Rutger van Schaardenburg
Finn	Helmsman: Pieter-Jan Postma
470 Female	Helmsman: Lisa Westerhof Crew: Lobke Berkhout
470 Male	Helmsman: Sven Coster Crew: Kalle Coster
49er	No Dutch Representation
Elliott 6m	Helmsman: Renee Groeneveld Crew: Annemieke Bes Marcelien Bos - de Koning
Star	No Dutch Representation
Officials	Unknown
Team size	Female: 6 Male: 5 Officials: 0 Total: 11
Medals	: 1 : 1 : 1 Total: 3
Reference	"Nederlandse deelnemers Londen 2012". www.zeilen.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-13. "Deelnemers uit Nederland". www.zoekenvindalles.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-13.

v t e <2012 2016 Dutch Olympic Sailing Team 2020>
Women's sailboard	Surfer: Lilian de Geus
Men's sailboard	Surfer: Dorian van Rijsselberghe
Laser Radial	Helmsman: Marit Bouwmeester
Laser	Helmsman: Rutger van Schaardenburg
Finn	Helmsman: Pieter-Jan Postma
470 Female	Helmsman: Afrodite Zegers Crew: Anneloes van Veen
470 Male	No Dutch Representation
49er	No Dutch Representation
49er FX class	Helmsman: Annemiek Bekkering Crew: Annette Duetz
Nacra 17 Mixed	Helmsman: Mandy Mulder Crew: Coen de Koning
Officials	Unknown
Team size	Female: 7 Male: 4 Officials: 0 Total: 11
Medals	: 2 : 0 : 0 Total: 2
Reference	"Results centre". World Sailing. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

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