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| Birth name | Nicholas Charles Dempsey | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dempo[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1980 Norwich, England[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Windsurfing | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's RS:X class | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dom Tidey | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicholas Charles Dempsey[4] (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset. He became the first man to win three Olympics medals in windsurfing when he won silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, adding to a silver won in the 2012 London Olympics, and a bronze from the 2004 Athens Olympics.[5] He is also twice world champion, winning gold in 2009 and 2013.[6]
- ^ "Sailor Biography: Nick Dempsey". World Sailing.
- ^ "Nick Dempsey – Windsurfing". Olympics 30. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Nick Dempsey". BBC Sport.
- ^ GRO reference: September 1980, Vol. 10, Page 59389/S
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Nick Dempsey wins historic windsurfing silver medal in RS:X". BBC Sport. 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Nick Dempsey". RYA.