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Sébastien (Sebbe) Godefroid (born 19 March 1971) is a
Belgian
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* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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sailor
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.
He won a silver medal in
sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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. He also competed at the
2000
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,
2004 and
2008 Olympics, but has not won another medal. He placed 7th in both the
2000
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and
2004 Summer Olympics. At the
2008 Summer Olympics, he was the Belgian flag bearer during the opening ceremony. He ultimately placed 12th alongside his helmsman
Carolijn Brouwer
Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented this country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with Alexandra Verbeek as crew ...
in the
Tornado-class.
Results
* 1996: 3rd European Championship Finn
* 1996: 2nd Olympic Games Atlanta Finn
* 1998: 1st European Championship Finn
* 2000: 2nd World Championship Finn
* 2000: 7th Olympic Games Sidney Finn
* 2001: 3rd European Championship Finn
* 2001: 1st World Championship Finn
* 2004: 7th Olympic Games Athens Finn
* 2007: 2nd World Championship Tornado (with
Carolijn Brouwer
Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented this country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with Alexandra Verbeek as crew ...
)
* 2008: 12th Olympic Games Beijing Tornado (with
Carolijn Brouwer
Carolijn Mariëlle Brouwer (born 25 July 1973, in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented this country for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Brouwer as helmsman of the Dutch with Alexandra Verbeek as crew ...
)
* 2016: 1st Belgian Championship Finn
References
1971 births
Living people
Belgian male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of Belgium
Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Finn
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Finn
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Finn
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado
Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni
Olympic medalists in sailing
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Finn class world champions
World champions in sailing for Belgium
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