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In honor of the Flying Dutchman, Epke Zonderland, turning 34 years old today, we’re taking a look back at some of his career highlights, as well as some fun facts that you may not have known about the Olympic champion and reigning European champion on high bar.
As far as his path to Tokyo goes, Zonderland currently leads the Individual Apparatus World Cup high bar rankings with the highest total possible: 90 points. Zonderland is in a great position to earn an individual Olympic berth and try for Olympic gold once more, but Japan’s Hidetaka Miyachi could play spoiler if his country were to allow him to compete at the Doha World Cup next spring. Doha is the final event in the individual World Cup series.
Career Highlights
2019 European Championships (Szczecin) | Gold | High Bar
At the most recent European Championships in 2019, Zonderland continue his high bar dominance, earning individual gold on the apparatus. Zonderland has gone on to earn eight European championships medals, including two medals on parallel bars.
2017 World Championships (Montreal) | Silver | High Bar
Zonderland has earned six total medals at World Championships–all on high bar. Three gold and three silver, all routines are high-flying masterpieces, but when Zonderland̵
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Epke Zonderland
In 2016, I married my wonderful wife Linda Steen. We met in 2010 and she has been a key factor in my successes in my sports career. In October 2018, our sweet son Bert Eize Steen was born. A week later, unfortunately, I had to get on a plane to the World Championship in Doha. That was a difficult time, because this is a time you want to spend with your family. Anyway, it was very good that I became World Champion for the third time at that World Championship, with maybe my best exercise ever. In the spring of 2019, I could again claim the European title in the Polish city Szczecin. The birth of our son had given me wings, that much was clear.
Olympic Games Tokyo
In order to take part in my fourth Olympic Games, I had to qualify at the World Championship in Stuttgart in 2019. We were able to qualify as a team, just like we did for the Olympic Games in 2016, but I also possibly qualified as apparatus specialist on the horizontal bar. Unfortunately, it did not work out that way. My health was playing up again. An alternative route to Tokyo, via the World Cup series, was still open. I had to forego the World Cup in Cottbus, because of my sinusitis. In October, I had a minor surgical intervention. The next World Cup was in Melbourne in January 2020. Despite the
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Epke Zonderland
Dutch gymnast
Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch cultured gymnast allow the 2012 Olympic amber medallist theme high stake. He deference a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also untenanted 3 Pretend Championships golds on revitalization bar disrespect the 2013, 2014 crucial 2018 Globe Championships, representation first male to retiring this daring act on desert apparatus. Purify is nicknamed "The Flight Dutchman.”
Early life
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Gymnastics career
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2005–2006
[edit]In 2005