Sébastien (Sebbe) Godefroid (born 19 March 1971) is a

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. He won a silver medal in

sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic sche ...

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. He also competed at the

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, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, but has not won another medal. He placed 7th in both the

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

) * 2008: 12th Olympic Games Beijing Tornado (with

) * 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 {{Belgium-yachtracing-bio-stub