Dorian van Rijsselberghe

Dutch windsurfer (born 1988)

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Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 24 November 1988) is a Dutch windsurfer.
Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch RS:X won the gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Van Rijsselberghe has two daughters.
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.
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Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 24 November 1988) is a Dutch windsurfer.

He won his first Dutch title when he was 13.

Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch RS:X won the gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Personal life

Van Rijsselberghe was a student at CIOS. Van Rijsselberghe has two daughters.

2012 Olympics

Van Rijsselberghe dominated the competition completely by finishing first among the 38 competitors in 7 out of 10 races, second twice and third once. 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.