Diederik van Silfhout

Dutch dressage rider

Diederik van Silfhout

Personal information

Born|  (1988-04-20) 20 April 1988 (age 36)
Ede, Netherlands

Medal record

Equestrian
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
| 2014 Normandy | Team dressage
European Championships
| 2015 Aachen | Team dressage

Diederik van Silfhout (born 20 April 1988 in Ede, Netherlands) is a Dutch Olympic dressage rider.[1] Representing the Netherlands, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 4th in the team and 11th in the individual competitions.

Van Silfhout also competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, where he won a team bronze medal and placed 9th in the freestyle dressage competition. He competed in Normandy as a late replacement for Danielle Heijkoop, who was forced to withdraw after her horse sustained injury.[2]

He also competed at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen where he won a gold medal in team dressage. The Dutch national dressage coach Wim Ernes died on 1 November 2016 due to a brain tumor. Van Silfhout, together with the other gold medal winners Patrick van der Meer, Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, carried his coffin during the funeral on 5 November 2016.[3]

## Personal bests

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Personal bests as of March 2016[update] Event  | Score  | Horse  | Venue  | Date

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Grand Prix | 77.460 | Arlando | Amsterdam, Netherlands | January 29, 2016
Grand Prix Special | 77.098 | Arlando | Rotterdam, Netherlands | June 20, 2015
Grand Prix Freestyle | 82.750 | Arlando | Amsterdam, Netherlands | January 30, 2016

## References

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1. ^ "Diederik van Silfhout". fei.org. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
2. ^ "Dutch WEG Team Loses Undercover and Siro, Voice and Arlando In". eurodressage.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
3. ^ "Gouden EK-team gaat de kist van overleden Ernes dragen" [Golden European Championship team will carry the coffin of deceased Ernes]. sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 2 November 2016.

## External links

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* Diederik van Silfhout (and here) at FEI
* Diederik van Silfhout at Olympedia
* Diederik van Silfhout at Olympics.com
* Diederik van Silfhout at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)

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