Bror van der Zijde explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fibt.com/bobsleigh/athletes.html?athl_id=130032 FIBT Profile
  2. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/bror-van-der-zijde-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
  3. Web site: Sochi2014.com profile . March 20, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055701/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-bror-van-der-zijde . March 20, 2014 .
  4. Web site: The post-Olympic ice track season begins in Lake Placid . . 10 December 2014 . . 22 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123030758/http://www.fibt.com/news/latest-news/news-article/news/5490.html?backUrl=%2Fnews%2Flatest-news.html . 23 January 2015 . dead .