Jeroen Dubbeldam (15 April 1973 in

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) is a Dutch

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champion. Dubbeldam competed at the

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held in

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, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping on the horse De Sjiem."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Equestrian"
databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2008 He won gold in the individual jumping event at the

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, France as well as being part of the winning Dutch team in the team jumping event on the horse Zenith FN. Dubbeldam also won Team and Individual gold at the 2015 Aachen European Show Jumping Championships on the horse Zenith FN. Dubbeldam qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

and was the

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flag bearer for the

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. In Individual Jumping, he placed 7th on the horse Zenith. In the Team Jumping competition, the Dutch team finished in 7th place.

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* * * * 1973 births Living people Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Dutch show jumping riders Sportspeople from Zwolle Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub