Albert Voorn
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Dutch equestrian
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Netherlands | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Men's equestrian | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 2000 Sydney | Individual jumping |
Albert Bernard Voorn (born 23 May 1956, in Hilversum [1] ) is a Dutch equestrian and Olympic medalist.
His son is Vincent Voorn who also competed as an international show jumper.
Olympic record
[edit ]Voorn competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a silver medal in Individual Jumping.[2]
National and International Championship results
[edit ]| Results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | Horse | Placing | |||||||
| 1982 | World Championships | Jonker | 4th | |||||||
| 1982 | Dutch Championships | Devon S | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | |||||||
| 1983 | Dutch Championship | Purplex | 5th | |||||||
| 1984 | World Championship | Nimmerdor | 4th | |||||||
| 1986 | World Cup Trial | Rasputin | ||||||||
| 1988 | Dutch Championship | Winnipig | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | |||||||
| 1994 | World Cup Trial | Amethyst | ||||||||
| 2000 | Dutch Championship | Lando | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | |||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ Voorn, Albert Bernard [permanent dead link ] at the NOS*NSF Olympic Archives
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian" Archived 4 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 26 September 2008)
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