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Bror van der Zijde

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Bror van der Zijde
Personal information
NationalityDutch / Swiss
Born (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 35)
Gouda, Netherlands
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
Country Netherlands /  Switzerland
Sport Bobsleigh (brakeman)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Igls Four-man

Bror van der Zijde (born 13 February 1989) is a Dutch bobsledder.[1]

Van der Zijde competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. He teamed with driver Edwin van Calker in the two-man event, finishing 19th, and with van Calker, Sybren Jansma and Arno Klaassen in the four-man event, finishing 11th.[2][3]

Van der Zijde made his World Cup debut in November 2012. As of April 2014, his best World Cup finish is 7th, in a four-man event in 2013-14 at Konigssee.[1]

He joined the Swiss national bobsleigh team as a brakeman for Rico Peter ahead of the 2014-15 season.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b FIBT Profile Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "The post-Olympic ice track season begins in Lake Placid". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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