Arjen Teeuwissen

Arjen Teeuwissen
Personal information
Full nameArjen Gerald Teeuwissen
Born(1971-03-29)29 March 1971
Mook en Middelaar, Netherlands
Died29 May 2024(2024-05-29) (aged 53)
Zoersel, Belgium
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team dressage
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Arnhem Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2001 Verden Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2001 Verden Individual dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Arnhem Individual dressage

Arjen Gerald Teeuwissen (29 March 1971 – 29 May 2024) was a Dutch equestrian, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He did so alongside Anky van Grunsven, Ellen Bontje, and Coby van Baalen.

Teeuwissen was one of eight LGBT Olympians, who were also equestrians at the 2000 Olympic Games.[1] At the medal ceremony of the team dressage, the three men of the twelve who were awarded medals were all gay men,[1] Robert Dover and Guenter Seidel (both USA, bronze) and Teeuwissen.[1] He died in Zoersel, Belgium on 29 May 2024, aged 53.[2]

  1. ^ a b c The History of LGBT Participation in the Olympics Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Arjen Teeuwissen". www.ingedachten.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2024.