Sébastien "Sebbe" Godefroid (born 19 March 1971) is a Belgian

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. He won a silver medal in

sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sailing (sport), Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (Sailing at the 1896 Summer Olympics, 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904 and possibly the canceled ...

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. He also competed at the

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

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, but has not won another medal. He placed 7th in both the

and

Summer Olympics. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, he was the Belgian flag bearer during the opening ceremony. He ultimately placed 12th alongside his helmsman

Carolijn Brouwer Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch boat with Alexandra Verbeek as cre ...

in the Tornado-class.

Results

* 1996: 3rd European Championship Finn * 1996: 2nd Olympic Games Atlanta Finn * 1998: 1st European Championship Finn * 2000: 2nd World Championship Finn * 2000: 7th Olympic Games Sidney Finn * 2001: 3rd European Championship Finn * 2001: 1st World Championship Finn * 2004: 7th Olympic Games Athens Finn * 2007: 2nd World Championship Tornado (with

) * 2008: 12th Olympic Games Beijing Tornado (with

) * 2016: 1st Belgian Championship Finn

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* * 1971 births Living people Belgian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni Finn class world champions World champions in sailing for Belgium {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub