Roy Heiner

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Roy Heiner
Personal information
Full name Roy Heiner
Nationality Dutch
Born (1960-11-22) November 22, 1960 (age 63)
Virginia, Free State, South Africa
Height 1.93 m (6.3 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es) Finn
Star
Soling
Competition record
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games Olympic rings without rims.svg
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Savannah Finn
Updated on 19 February 2014.

Roy Heiner (born 22 November 1960, in Virginia, Free State, South Africa) is a sailor from the Netherlands,[1] who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. Heiner took 7th place in the Finn.[2][3][4][5] In 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona Heiner helmed the Dutch Soling. With crew members Peter Burggraaff and Han Bergsma Heiner took 18th place. Heiner switched back to the Finn for the 1996 Summer Olympics, Savannah and took the Bronze medal. His last Olympic appearance was in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[6] With crew members Peter van Niekerk and Dirk de Ridder Heiner took 4th place in the Soling.[7][8]

Sailing career[9]

Besides his Olympic sailing career Heiner competed on professional basis in:

  • Three years in the World Matchrace circuit
  • Three Volvo Ocean Races,
    • Skipper of Brunel Sunergy (1997–1998)
    • Skipper (partly) of Assa Abloy (2002)
    • Technical Director of the winning Team ABN AMRO campaign (2005–2006)
  • BMW Oracle (America's Cup 2003) in new Zealand as:
    • Training boat helmsman
    • Afterguard coach of the racing team

Professional life[10]

Heiner holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Durban-Westville (1980–1985). In 1996 Heiner founded his Sailing academy: Team Heiner nowadays located in Lelystad.

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Further reading

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External links

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