Diederik Simon

Diederik Simon in June 2009

Diederik Rudolf Simon (born April 10, 1970 in Bloemendaal ) is a former Dutch rower who rowed five times in an Olympic final. In 1996 he was Olympic champion with the eighth .

Career

Simon only started rowing in 1991. In 1995 he took part in the rowing world championships for the first time without a helmsman and took eighth place. In 1996, shortly before the Olympic Games in Atlanta, he moved to eighth position, with Henk-Jan Zwolle as bowman, Diederik Simon, Michiel Bartman , Koos Maasdijk , Niels van der Zwan , Niels van Steenis , Ronald Florijn , Nico Rienks as batsman and helmsman Jeroen Duyster won gold. In 1997 Simon switched from oar rowing to sculling, at the 1997 World Rowing Championships he finished seventh with a double scull, and eighth place followed a year later at the 1998 World Rowing Championships . In 1999 Diederik Simon rowed for the first time in his career in a world championship final and achieved fourth place in the four-four. At the 2000 Olympic regatta in Sydney , Jochem Verberne , Dirk Lippits , Diederik Simon and Michiel Bartman won silver behind the Italian quad and ahead of the German boat. In the following year at the rowing world championships in 2001 the German double foursome won ahead of the Dutch and the Italians, while Geert Cirkel , Lippits, Simon and Bartman sat in the Dutch foursome . In 2002 Cirkel, Simon and Bartman switched to the four without a helmsman and together with Matthijs Vellenga took fifth place at the world championships . In 2003 Cirkel, Simon and Bartman competed again in the double fours, but only reached the last place in the B final at the World Championships . In 2004 Simon and Bartman returned to eight years after their Olympic victory and won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics behind the US eight .

After a two-year break, Diederik Simon returned to the regatta courses in 2007 and took tenth place at the World Championships in Munich with the Dutch eighth . In 2008 the Dutch eighth qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing and finished fourth there. In the following year, Simon was able to win his second world championship medal with the eighth: At the world championships in Poznan , the boat took third place behind the Germany eighth and the Canadians. In 2010 came fourth place at the European championships and at the world championships . After finishing sixth at the 2011 World Rowing Championships , Simon reached the Olympic final again with the Dutch eighth in 2012 and finished fifth there.

The 1.90 m tall Diederik Simon has been working as a rowing trainer for the Dutch association since 2013.

Web links

• Diederik Simon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Diederik Simon at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )