Vincent Voorn is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 show jumper. His father is Albert Voorn

Albert Voorn

Albert Bernard Voorn is a Dutch equestrian and Olympic medalist.His son is Vincent Voorn who also competed as an international show jumper.-Olympic Record:...

 who also competed as an international show jumper.

Voorn won the Dutch National Championship for young riders in 2004 with his horse Gestion Priamus Z. In 2005 he represented the Netherlands at the European Championships in Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

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 where he and Gestion Priamus Z won the gold medal. Two years later in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

, 2007 he won another European title, although this time in the team competition instead of as an individual.

Voorn was selected by coach Rob Ehrens to represent the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

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. He formed a team with Gerco Schröder

Gerco Schröder

Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink...

, Marc Houtzager

Marc Houtzager

Marc Houtzager is a Dutch show jumper.Houtzager competed in the 2002 Show Jumping World Cup circuit and won the meeting in Dublin. After that he kept on riding international tournaments, but never succeeded on World Cup level again. In 2008 he and his team mates became Dutch national champion in...

 and Angelique Hoorn

Angelique Hoorn

Angelique Hoorn is a Dutch show jumper.As a newcomer Hoorn reached the fourth position at the 2000 Dutch National Show Jumping Championships, announcing her appearance for the upcoming years. Together with her horse Hascal she won the 2001 Championship in Papendal...

. Houtzager and Hoorn joined the team after former Olympic champion Jeroen Dubbeldam

Jeroen Dubbeldam

Jeroen Dubbeldam is a Dutch show jumping champion.-Olympic Record:Dubbeldam competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping with the horse De Sjiem.-References:...

 and Albert Zoer

Albert Zoer

Albert Zoer is a Dutch champion of show jumping. He owns his own business, called Zoer B.V., for breeding and training stallions, a venture with which his father, Arent Zoer, helps him.,- Background :...

 had to withdraw due to injuries. He finished tied for 40th position in the individual show jumping

Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 15 and August 21, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.Five rounds of show-jumping were conducted, in two stages. The first three rounds made up the qualifying stage. The second and third of those rounds were also used for...

 and was part of the Dutch team that finished 4th in the team jumping

Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team jumping

The team jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from August 15 to 18, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.The second and third rounds of show-jumping from the individual jumping event were used to determine scores for the team round...

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