Dorian van Rijsselberghe

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Dorian van Rijsselberghe (right) with his trainer Aaron McIntosh (left) after his Olympic victory in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

Dorian Benno Eric van Rijsselberghe (born November 24, 1988 in Den Burg , Texel ) is a Dutch windsurfer . With two Olympic gold medals and two world championship titles, he is one of the most successful windsurfers ever.

Career

The 1.89 m tall Dorian van Rijsselberghe competed internationally as a teenager. In 2006 he started with the RS: X , the board that has also been used in the Olympic Games since 2008. In 2007 and 2008 he reached places 27 and 22 at the World Championships. In 2009 he won the bronze medal behind the Briton Nick Dempsey and the Israeli Nimrod Mashiah . In 2010 he finished seventh. In 2011 he won the World Championships in Perth, ahead of Poland's Piotr Myszka and Nimrod Mashiah.

In March 2012 van Rijsselberghe finished fourth at the World Championships off Cadiz. At the 2012 Olympic Games , Dorian van Rijsselberghe won ahead of Nick Dempsey and Poland's Przemysław Miarczyński . In the eleven races he had six wins, three second places and one third place. Only he did not finish the tenth race, but at this point he was already established as Olympic champion. For his Olympic victory, Dorian van Rijsselberghe was awarded a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau .

In 2014 Dorian van Rijsselberghe finished seventh at the World Championships. In 2016 the world championships were held in February before Eilat, Pole Piotr Myszka won ahead of van Rijsselberghe and second Dutchman Kiran Badloe , followed by Nick Dempsey in fourth place. Thirteen races were held at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, of which van Rijsselberghe won eight races, was once third, twice fourth, once fifth and once sixth. He won his second gold medal by a similar margin over Nick Dempsey as it was four years earlier.

After an eighth place at the 2017 World Championships, Dorian van Rijsselberghe won the 2018 World Championships off Aarhus , while his compatriot Kiran Badloe won silver.

His coach has been Aaron McIntosh since 2008 , who won the bronze medal in Sydney in 2000.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ World Championships 2009 at les-sports-info
  2. ↑ World Championships 2011 at les-sports-info
  3. ↑ Daily results according to Sports-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Short message on rp-online from August 15, 2012 (accessed on January 20, 2019)
  5. ↑ World Championships 2016 at les-sports-info
  6. ↑ Daily results according to Sports-Reference.com
  7. ↑ World Championships 2018 at les-sports-info
  8. ↑ Michael Brown: 2020 Olympics: Dorian van Rijsselberghe - the journey so far. In: sail-world.com. March 4, 2019, accessed February 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Rijsselberghe, Dorian van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rijsselberghe, Dorian Benno Eric van (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch windsurfer
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Den Burg , Texel