Albert Bernard Voorn (born 23 May 1956, in
Hilversum
Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ...
Voorn, Albert Bernard
at the NOS*NSF Olympic Archives) is a Dutch equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
*Equestrian sports
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and Olympic medalist.
His son is Vincent Voorn
Vincent Voorn (born 16 February 1984 in Someren) is a Dutch show jumper. who also competed as an international show jumper.
Olympic record
Voorn competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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held in Sydney
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, where he won a silver medal in Individual Jumping.["2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 26 September 2008)
National and International Championship results
References
1956 births
Living people
Dutch show jumping riders
Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands
Dutch male equestrians
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Hilversum
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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