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Diederik van Silfhout
Diederik van Silfhout (born 20 April 1988 in Ede, Netherlands) is a Dutch Olympic dressage rider. Representing the Netherlands, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 4th in the team and 11th in the individual competitions.
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| (1988-04-20) 20 April 1988Ede, Netherlands | ||||||
| 2014 Normandy | Team dressage | 2015 Aachen | Team dressage | |||
| 2014 Normandy | Team dressage | |||||
| 2015 Aachen | Team dressage |
Diederik van Silfhout (born 20 April 1988 in Ede, Netherlands) is a Dutch Olympic dressage rider. Representing the Netherlands, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 4th in the team and 11th in the individual competitions.
Van Silfhout also competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, where he won a team bronze medal and placed 9th in the freestyle dressage competition. He competed in Normandy as a late replacement for Danielle Heijkoop, who was forced to withdraw after her horse sustained injury.
He also competed at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen where he won a gold medal in team dressage. The Dutch national dressage coach Wim Ernes died on 1 November 2016 due to a brain tumor. Van Silfhout, together with the other gold medal winners Patrick van der Meer, Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, carried his coffin during the funeral on 5 November 2016.
| Event | Score | Horse | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | 77.460 | Arlando | Amsterdam, Netherlands | January 29, 2016 |
| Grand Prix Special | 77.098 | Arlando | Rotterdam, Netherlands | June 20, 2015 |
| Grand Prix Freestyle | 82.750 | Arlando | Amsterdam, Netherlands | January 30, 2016 |
- Diederik van Silfhout (and here) at FEI
- Diederik van Silfhout at Olympedia
- Diederik van Silfhout at Olympics.com
- Diederik van Silfhout at TeamNL (in Dutch)
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