Roy Heiner
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| Full name | Roy Heiner | |||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||
| Born |
November 22, 1960 Virginia, Free State, South Africa |
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| Height | 1.93 m (6.3 ft) | |||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||
| Class(es) |
Finn Star Soling |
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Roy Heiner (born 22 November 1960, in Virginia, Free State, South Africa) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. Heiner took 7th place in the Finn. 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. With crew members Peter van Niekerk and Dirk de Ridder Heiner took 4th place in the Soling.
Besides his Olympic sailing career Heiner competed on professional basis in:
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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