Dorian van Rijsselberghe


Dorian van Rijsselberghe is a sailor from the Netherlands.
He won his first Dutch title when he was 13.
Van Rijsselberghe on the Dutch won the gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Personal life

Van Rijsselberghe is a student at CIOS. Van Rijsselberghe is married and 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.

[Sailing at the 2012 [Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics (Weymouth)]]

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