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.”
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)...
Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2012. "Zonderland en Vos sporters van het jaar" (in Dutch). Trouw.nl. 16 December 2009....
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second Dutch man to claim an Olympic title since 1984, and gymnast EpkeZonderland, who won the Netherlands' first ever gold medal in his sport after...
qualifying ahead of him. Reigning Olympic and defending World champion EpkeZonderland successfully took home the gold on horizontal bar. 2013 World silver...
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August 2012). "London 2012: Gymnastic gold for true flying Dutchman EpkeZonderland". Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2012. Official result book – Gymnastics...
most Olympic and World Championship titles on the horizontal bar is EpkeZonderland of the Netherlands, with four titles. Zou Kai, Leon Štukelj, and Takashi...
youngest competitors Zhang Chenglong of China edged out local favorite EpkeZonderland by 0.133 to win this event. Oldest and youngest competitors As with...
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Chaopan of China shared the gold medal. The final was held on 6 October. EpkeZonderland, the reigning Olympic champion, had a routine "full of gravity-defying...
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