Sigrid Rondelez (born 17 March 1971 in

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) is a Belgian windsurfer, who specialized in

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and Neil Pryde RS:X classes. She represented

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in three editions of the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2012), and was a top eight finalist at the

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in Cadiz, Spain. Before her sporting career ended in 2012, Rondelez trained for Side Shore Surfers Club in

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under her head coach, former Dutch windsurfer, and 2008 Olympian

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. Rondelez made her official debut at the

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in Sydney, where she placed sixteenth in women's Mistral sailboard with a net score of 127 points. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Rondelez competed again in the

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program after finishing eighth from the World Championships in Cadiz. She posted a grade of 148 net points to end the eleven-race opening series with an eighteenth-place finish. Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Rondelez qualified for her third Belgian team, as a 36-year-old, in the RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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by receiving a berth from the

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. Rondelez missed a chance to sail in the medal race with a seventeenth-place finish after ten opening rounds, accumulating a net score of 150 points.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rondelez, Sigrid 1971 births Living people Belgian female sailors (sport) Belgian windsurfers Olympic sailors for Belgium Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sportspeople from Bruges 21st-century Belgian women Female windsurfers