Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Personal information
Full name	Dorian Benno Eric van Rijsselberge
Nationality	Dutch
Born	November 24, 1988 Den Burg
Height	1.90 m (6.2 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)	RS:X
Club	Waddenteam
Competition record Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games 2012 Weymouth RS:X World Championships 2011 Perth RS:X 2013 Buzios RS:X 2016 Eilat RS:X 2009 Weymouth RS:X 2015 Al Mussanah RS:X European Championships 2015 Palermo RS:X
Updated on 27 February 2016.

Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 24 November 1988, in Den Burg) is a sailor from the Netherlands.^[1][2] Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch RS:X took the Gold^[3] during the 2012 Olympics,^[4][5] in Weymouth.

Olympic races

Van Rijsselberghe dominated the competition completely by finishing first among the 38 competitors in 7 out of 10 races, second twice and third once.^[6] After the ninth race, he had accumulated a sufficient lead over the second placed Nick Dempsey 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.

Further reading

2012 Olympics (Weymouth)

• "The Official International Sailing Federation Olympic Games Website: London 2012". ISAF. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

References

1. "Dorian van Rijsselberghe Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
2. "Website Van Rijsselberghe". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
3. "International Sailing Federation: London 2012 Results centre". ISAF. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
4. "Nederlandse deelnemers Londen 2012". www.zeilen.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
5. "Deelnemers uit Nederland". www.zoekenvindalles.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
6. "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2014.