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The Dutch Federation of Bobsleigh announced the list of athletes who will participate in the next Olympics in Sochi.
Monday 3 February 2014 2 minutes reading time
The Dutch team will rely heavily on Esme Kamphuis (pictured) not later than two weeks ago gave the Netherlands a historic bronze medal in the European Union. The orange pilot will, as always flanked by the brakeman Melissa Boekelman and Sochi will be looking for a prestigious placement within the top ten, she who in the last edition of the World Cup has taken an interesting sixth place.
In the men's team will be represented by the Netherlands Edwin van Calker. The expert pilot Gasselternijveenschemond participate in the Olympic Games in both disciplines in the bob, even if its more cards to spend in the trial of the four-man bob, where he recently caught a good seventh place in Koenigssee. Van Calker also, in his long career he has given to his country in two World Cup podiums in its 2008-2009 season at Koenigssee in the four-man bob (second) and in 2009-2010 in two-man bobsleigh in St. Moritz.
Two-Woman Bobsleigh: Esme Kamphuis (pilot), Melissa Boekelman (brakeman).
Bob Two-Man: Edwin van Calker
Four-Man: Edwin van Calker
Brakemen: sybren Jansma, Arno Klaassen, Bror van der Zijde and Yannick Greiner
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