Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 24 November 1988, in
Den Burg) is a
sailor
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The profession of the s ...
(windsurfer) from the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
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, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
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He won his first Dutch title when he was 13.
Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch
RS:X won the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...
s
at the
2012 Olympics
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in
Weymouth, and the
2016 Olympics
)
, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
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
Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset. He became the first man to win three Olympics medals in windsurfing when he won silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, adding to a silver ...
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.
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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
Sportspeople from North Holland
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