Serge Melfinn Kats (born 9 September 1971 in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

) is a

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

from the

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, who represented his country for the first time at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Savannah. There he took the 13th place in the

Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fi ...

. Kats second and final Olympic appearance was during the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney. In this competition Kats took the 4th place, again in the

. Nowadays Kats is ''Manager Topsport'' at the Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond.

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* * * Living people 1971 births Sportspeople from Rotterdam Dutch male sailors (sport) Dutch windsurfers Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Optimist class world champions Flying Dutchman class sailors Star class sailors Europe class world champions World champions in sailing for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub