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.
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Career HighlightFirst man to win three Olympic medals in windsurfing, bronze 2004, silver 2012, silver 2016 1 Classification
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Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
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Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
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Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
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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.
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Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a retired British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset.
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