Bror van der Zijde | |
Nationality: | Dutch / Swiss |
Birth Date: | 1989 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Gouda, Netherlands |
Height: | 1.89m (06.2feet) |
Weight: | 1100NaN0 |
Country: | / |
Sport: | Bobsleigh (brakeman) |
Bror van der Zijde (born 13 February 1989) is a Dutch bobsledder.[1]
Van der Zijde competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. He teamed with driver Edwin van Calker in the two-man event, finishing 19th, and with van Calker, Sybren Jansma and Arno Klaassen in the four-man event, finishing 11th.[2] [3]
Van der Zijde made his World Cup debut in November 2012. As of April 2014, his best World Cup finish is 7th, in a four-man event in 2013-14 at Konigssee.[1]
He joined the Swiss national bobsleigh team as a brakeman for Rico Peter ahead of the 2014-15 season.[4]