Diederik Simon

Diederik Rudolf Simon (born 10 April 1970 in Bloemendaal, North Holland) is a rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country in five consecutive Summer Olympics. After winning the gold medal with the Holland Acht (Holland Eight) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he earned silver in the Men's Quadruple Sculls (2000) and in the Men's Eights (2004). Beijing (2008) resulted in a 4th place, and London (2012) in a 5th place, both in the Dutch Men's Eight. Diederik Simon is currently training for his 6th Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016, where he aims to finish his rowing career with a "Gold Sandwich".

Simon in 2011

Diederik Simon
Medal record
Men’s rowing
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Eight
	2000 Sydney	Quadruple sculls
	2004 Athens	Eight

External links

(in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

Awards
Preceded by Johan Kenkhuis	Amsterdam Sportsman of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Guillaume Elmont

Olympic champions – Men's eight

1900: Carr, DeBaecke, Exley, Geiger, Hedley, Juvenal, Lockwood, Marsh, Abell (USA)

1904: Cresser, Gleason, Schell, Flanagan, Armstrong, Lott, Dempsey, Exley, Abell (USA)

1908: Gladstone, Kelly, Johnstone, Nickalls, Burnell, Sanderson, Etherington-Smith, Bucknall, Maclagan (GBR)

1912: Burgess, Swann, Wormald, Horsfall, Gillan, Garton, Kirby, Fleming, Wells (GBR)

1920: Jacomini, Graves, Jordan, Moore, Sanborn, Johnston, Gallagher, King, Clark (USA)

1924: Carpenter, Kingsbury, Lindley, Miller, Rockefeller, Sheffield, Spock, Wilson, Stoddard (USA)

1928: Stalder, Brinck, Frederick, Thompson, Dally, Workman, Caldwell, Donlon, Blessing (USA)

1932: Salisbury, Blair, Gregg, Dunlap, Jastram, Chandler, Tower, Hall, Graham (USA)

1936: Morris, Day, Adam, White, McMillin, Hunt, Rantz, Hume, Moch (USA)

1948: I. Turner, D. Turner, Hardy, Ahlgren, Butler, Brown, Smith, Stack, Purchase (USA)

1952: Shakespeare, Fields, Dunbar, Murphy, Detweiler, Proctor, Frye, Stevens, Manring (USA)

1956: Charlton, Wight, Cooke, Beer, Esselstyn, Grimes, Wailes, Morey, Becklean (USA)

1960: Rulffs, Schröder, F. Schepke, K. Schepke, von Groddeck, Hopp, Bittner, Lenk, Padge (EUA)

1964: J. Amlong, T. Amlong, Budd, Clark, Cwiklinski, Foley, Knecht, Stowe, Zimonyi (USA)

1968: Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG)

1972: Hurt, Veldman, Joyce, Hunter, Wilson, Earl, Coker, Robertson, Dickie (NZL)

1976: Baumgart, Döhn, Klatt, Lück, Wendisch, Kostulski, Karnatz, Prudöhl, Danielowski (GDR)

1980: Krauß, Koppe, Kons, Friedrich, Doberschütz, Karnatz, Dühring, Höing, Ludwig (GDR)

1984: Horn, Crawford, J. M. Evans, Steele, Main, Ma. Evans, Neufeld, Turner, McMahon (CAN)

1988: Rabe, Schultz, Wessling, Maennig, Mellinghaus, Möllenkamp, Domian, Eichholz, Klein (FRG)

1992: Barber, Crosby, Forgeron, Marland, Paul, Porter, Rascher, Robertson, Wallace (CAN)

1996: Maasdijk, Florijn, Duyster, Bartman, Zwolle, van der Zwan, van Steenis, Simon, Rienks (NED)

2000: Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas (GBR)

2004: Read, Allen, Ahrens, Hansen, Deakin, Beery, Hoopman, Volpenheim, Cipollone (USA)

2008: Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, Price (CAN)

2012: Adamski, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Schmidt, Müller, Mennigen, Wilke, Sauer (GER)

2016: Durant, Ransley, Hodge, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Langridge, Satch, Hill (GBR)

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