Herbert Willem Constant Dercksen (1 March 1973,

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) is a

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from the

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, who represented his country for the first time at the

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. Dercksen as crew in the Dutch

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with

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as helmsman took the 9th place. In

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Dercksen returned to the Olympics in

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. This time with

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Mitch Booth Dercksen took 5th place in the

1994 – 1998

In 1994, Dercksen became Dutch champion in the

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and a year later he won the Dutch title in the

alongside

(helmsman). Their second Dutch championship together followed in 1997, while the team successfully defended their title in 1998. After that victory Dercksen switched to the

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1999 – 2004

In the Formula 18 class Dercksen partnered with Mitch Booth, an

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n who was nationality later was transferred to Dutch. They participated at the 1999 European Championships Formula 18 and won the title immediately. They also participate in the Australian national championships where the team took the Championship in 2000. That same year they became World champion Formula 18. They successfully defended their World title Formula 18 in 2001 and 2002 before they switched to the Olympic Tornado class. They took a bronze medal at the

2002 World Championship and a silver at the European Championship that same year. Besides participation in the

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. Booth & Dercksen won a silver medal at the 2004 F18 World Championship and a gold medal at the 2004 Tornado European Championship. In 2005 Booth and Dercksen won a bronze at the 2005 European Tornado Championship.

End of the Olympic career

In 2006 both sailors decided to go their own way and participated at the

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. Dercksen managed to win the sixth race with his team mate

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and finishing 26th overall.Herbert Dercksen topzeiler af
spitsnet.nl Dercksen decided in early 2007 to end his career at the highest level of Catamaran sailing. Dercksen continues sailing in the Formula 18 class, however at a lower level.

Professional life

Source: * Founder &

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* * * 1973 births Living people Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland F18 class world champions World champions in sailing for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub

1994 – 1998

1999 – 2004

End of the Olympic career

Professional life

Further reading

1996 Olympics (Savannah)

2004 Olympics (Athens)

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