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August 6, 2012
Epke Zonderland "The Flying Dutchman" goes for Olympic gold on his best event, the high bar. The top qualifier, Zonderland will likely wow the crowd with this high-flying release skills. Can he beat 2008 Olympic champion Zou Kai?
Epke Zonderland is a member of the Dutch National Team and is nicknamed the "Flying Dutchman". He is a World medalist and his best events are high bar and parallel bars.
Zonderland throws some of the highest difficulty on his best events, with a massive 7.9 on high bar and 6.7 on p-bars. His high scores of 16.4 (HB) and 15.8 (PB) in 2012 put him in strong contention to medal in London.
He won back-to-back World Championships silver medals in 2009 and 2010, and represented the Netherlands at the 2008 Olympics, where he qualified to the high bar final and finished in 7th. At the 2011 World Championships, Zonderland placed fifth in the high bar finals.
In his 2012 routine, Zonderland has amazed fans by attempting to connect three consecutive releases: a Cassina, a Kovacs and a Kolman.
Dutch Gymnastics
World Championships:
Silver - 2010 Rotterdam - Horizontal Bar
Silver - 2009 London - Horizontal Bar
European Championships:
Gold - 2011 Berlin - Horizontal Bar
Silver - 2011 Berlin - Parallel Bars
Silver - 2010 Birmingham - Horizontal Bar
Bronze - 2007 Amsterdam - Parallel Bars
