Pieter-Jan Postma

Pieter-Jan Postma
Personal information
Full name Petrus Johannes "Pieter-Jan" Postma
Nationality Dutch
Born (1982-01-10) January 10, 1982
Heerenveen
Height 1.89 m (6.2 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es) Laser Radial
Laser
Finn
Club Koninklijke Watersportvereniging Sneek
Competition record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2008 Qingdao Finn
2012 Weymouth Finn
Pre- Olympics
2007 Qingdao Finn
World Championships
2007 Cascais Finn
Updated on 13 February 2014.

Pieter-Jan Postma (born 10 January 1982 in Heerenveen) is a sailor from the Netherlands,[1][2][3] who represented his country for the first time at the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics[4] in Qingdao.[5] There he took the 14th place in the Finn. Postma second Olympic appearance was during the 2012 Olympics[6] in Weymouth. In this competition Postma took het 4th place,[7][8] again in the Finn.

Personal life

Postma spent the first seventeen years of his life in Terkaple, a tiny village in Friesland. He has a sister who is four years older and a sister who is two years younger. As a child, he spent a lot of time playing football, tennis, speed skating and sailing. Postma started a study for Naval Officer on Terschelling. Between September 2002 and February 2003 he spent six months at sea due to an internship. At the beginning of 2006 he finished his studies and was then able to focus completely on his sailing career.

Sailing career

At the age of fifteen Postma took part in his first European Championship Optimist and took part in the World Championship in Dublin. Postma switched to the Laser Radial. A year later he made the change to the Laser. In December 2000 he participated in the World Junior Laser Championship in Sydney and reached 10th position. After his return of his internship at sea Postma started preparing for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. However Postma missed the Olympic qualification.

In March 2005 Postma switched to the Finn class. At the World Championship 2005 he reached 12th position. Then at the World Championship 2007 he won the silver medal as he did at the Pre-Olympic races. In 2008 Postma placed fourth at the World Championship and also reached the fourth position in Hyères and Medemblik. This all resulted in qualification for the 2008 Olympics in Qingdao.

Further reading

2008 Olympics (Qingdaoh)  China (CHN)

2012 Olympics (Weymouth)  Great Britain (GBR)

References

  1. ↑ "Pieter-Jan Postma Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Official website Pieter-Jan Postma". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pieter-Jan Postma". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Eerste zeilers gekwalificeerd voor Olympische Spelen Beijing 2008". watersportalmanak.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Stromingsinformatie voor zeilploeg". De Gelderlander. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nederlandse deelnemers Londen 2012". www.zeilen.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Deelnemers uit Nederland". www.zoekenvindalles.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "International Sailing Federation Results centre". ISAF. Retrieved 13 February 2014.



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