Hennie Dompeling

Hennie Dompeling
Personal information
Full nameHendrikus Dompeling
Nationality Netherlands
Born(1966-04-09)9 April 1966
Haarlemmermeer, The
Netherlands
Died25 March 2023(2023-03-25) (aged 56)
Haarlemmermeer, The
Netherlands
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight126 kg (278 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
EventSkeet (SK125)
ClubKSV Claybusters[1]
Coached byNella Heemskerk[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Perth SK
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Nicosia SK125
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Lahti SK125
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Uddevalla SK
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Bologna SK
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Lisbon SK125

Hendrikus "Hennie" Dompeling (9 April 1966 – 25 March 2023) was a Dutch sport shooter. He was born in Haarlemmermeer.[2] He has competed for the Netherlands in skeet shooting at five Olympics (1988 to 2004), and has been close to an Olympic medal in 2000 (finishing in fourth place). Outside the Olympic career, Dompeling has produced a phenomenal record of twenty-one medals in a major international competition: two bronze at the World Championships, a total of four (two golds and two silver) at the ISSF World Cup final, a total of nine (five golds, three silver, one bronze) at numerous ISSF World Cup meets, and a total of six (two golds, one silver, and three bronze) under both junior and senior category at the European Championships.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "ISSF Profile – Hennie Dompeling". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hennie Dompeling". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2015.