Diederik van Silfhout

Diederik van Silfhout (born 20 April 1988 in Ede, Netherlands) is a Dutch Olympic dressage rider.^[1] Representing the Netherlands, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he placed 4th in the team and 11th in the individual competitions.

Diederik van Silfhout

Personal information
Born	(1988-04-20) 20 April 1988 (age 37) Ede, Netherlands
Medal record Equestrian Representing  Netherlands World Championships 2014 Normandy Team dressage European Championships 2015 Aachen Team dressage

Van Silfhout also competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, where he won a team bronze medal and placed 9th in the freestyle dressage competition. He competed in Normandy as a late replacement for Danielle Heijkoop, who was forced to withdraw after her horse sustained injury.^[2]

He also competed at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen where he won a gold medal in team dressage. The Dutch national dressage coach Wim Ernes died on 1 November 2016 due to a brain tumor. Van Silfhout, together with the other gold medal winners Patrick van der Meer, Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud, carried his coffin during the funeral on 5 November 2016.^[3]

Personal bests

Personal bests as of March 2016^[update]

Event	Score	Horse	Venue	Date
Grand Prix	77.460	Arlando	Amsterdam, Netherlands	January 29, 2016
Grand Prix Special	77.098	Arlando	Rotterdam, Netherlands	June 20, 2015
Grand Prix Freestyle	82.750	Arlando	Amsterdam, Netherlands	January 30, 2016