Epke Zonderland

Epke Zonderland
Zonderland in 2012 after winning his London Olympics gold medal
Personal information
Full name	Epke Jan Zonderland
Nickname(s)	The Flying Dutchman The Lion of Lemmer Epic Zonderland Epke Wonderland
Country represented	Netherlands
Born	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38) Lemmer, Netherlands
Hometown	Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Club	TSH Heerenveen
Eponymous skills	Zonderland (Parallel Bars): Swing forward with 5/4 twist on one arm through handstand and Healy to support with difficulty assignment of F (0.6)[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Horizontal Bar World Championships 2013 Antwerp Horizontal Bar 2014 Nanning Horizontal Bar 2018 Doha Horizontal Bar 2009 London Horizontal Bar 2010 Rotterdam Horizontal Bar 2017 Montreal Horizontal Bar World Cup Final 2008 Madrid Horizontal Bar European Championships 2011 Berlin Horizontal Bar 2014 Sofia Horizontal Bar 2019 Szczecin Horizontal Bar 2010 Birmingham Horizontal Bar 2011 Berlin Parallel Bars 2018 Glasgow Horizontal Bar 2007 Amsterdam Parallel Bars 2014 Sofia Parallel Bars

Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 World Championships, the first man to secure this feat on that apparatus. He is nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman.”