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Nick Dempsey

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Nick Dempsey is a retired British windsurfer who specialized in the RS:X class and represented Great Britain across three Summer Olympic Games. He won bronze in the Mistral class at the 2004 Athens Olympics, then took consecutive silver medals in the RS:X class at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, becoming the first man to win three Olympic medals in windsurfing. Away from the Olympics he was crowned RS:X World Champion in both 2009 and 2013. In 2017 Dempsey received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Chichester in recognition of his contribution to the sport.

Facts
Birth Year
1980 1
Birth Date
1980-08-13 1
Nationality
British 1
Career Highlight
First man to win three Olympic medals in windsurfing, bronze 2004, silver 2012, silver 2016 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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1. Nick Dempsey - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, birth date clause
    Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
  • Lead paragraph, birth year clause
    Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality clause
    Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
  • Career section, Olympic medal summary
    He became the first man to win three Olympics medals in windsurfing when he won silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, adding to a silver won in the 2012 London Olympics, and a bronze from the 2004 Athens Olympics.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
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