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Epke Zonderland
Dutch gymnast
Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April ) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the , and World Championships, the first man to secure this feat on that apparatus.
He is nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman.”
Early life
Zonderland was born on 16 April in Lemmer, Netherlands. He started gymnastics at the age of four. He has two brothers (Herre and Johan) and one sister (Geeske) who are also international gymnasts.[2]
Zonderland enrolled to study medicine at the University of Groningen in He took 12 years to complete his degree in medicine as he was pursuing his career in gymnastics at the same time, and qualified as a medical doctor in [3]
Gymnastics career
Zonderland reached his first international success as a junior in At the European Junior Championships in Ljubljana he was fourth in the all-around