Vincent Kortbeek (born 19 November 1982 in
Vught) is a Dutch
bobsledder. Kortbeek started with international bobsleigh competitions in 2003 and therefore was not yet part of
Arend Glas's team that participated at the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
in
Salt Lake City. However, from 2003 on his skills improved fast and he became a regular member of the 4-bob. In January 2006 Kortbeek qualified himself in the team of that several weeks earlier secured its qualification for the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
in
Turin. At the qualification play-off (named bob-off) held in
Oberhof,
Germany he ended up in third position (behind
Sybren Jansma
Sybren Jansma (Drachten, 3 February 1982) is a Dutch bobsledder. Jansma started with international bobsleigh competitions in the 2002 and was not yet part of Arend Glas's team that participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Howeve ...
and
Arno Klaassen
Arno Klaassen (born 16 November 1979, in Tilburg) is a Dutch bobsledder. Klaassen started with international bobsleigh competitions in 2005 and therefore was not yet part of Arend Glas's team that participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt L ...
claiming his seat in the bob. Together with Glas, Jansma and Klaassen he became 16th.
Olympic results
/ref> His brother Thomas Kortbeek is an athlete.
References
External links
BSBN.nl
1982 births
Living people
Dutch male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders of the Netherlands
People from Vught
Sportspeople from North Brabant
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