Nicolien Sauerbreij

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nicolien Sauerbreij
Occupation	Snowboarder
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1979(1979-07-31)
Age	45
Birthplace	De Hoef
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Cancer

Nicolien Sauerbreij Biography

Nicolien Sauerbreij is one of the most popular and richest Snowboarder who was born on July 31, 1979 in De Hoef, Netherlands. Nicolien Sauerbreij (Dutch pronunciation: [‘niko:,linborn 31 July 1979) is a Dutch professional snowboarder. She has won seven World Cup races and ranked first in the standings for parallel giant slalom for 2007-2008 as well as during the 2009 and 2010 World Cup. She took part during her first Winter Olympic Games of 2002 in 2006 and also won her the silver medal at the female giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

On the 15th of September 2002, she took home her first World cup in the parallel giant slalom. This was in Chile at the Valle Nevado. In the same year she won her second title at the Maribor in Slovenia during the Maribor.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Nicolien Sauerbreij won the gold medal on the women’s parallel giant slalom . This was the first Dutch medal at a non-ice skating event in the Winter Olympics, and the 100th Dutch gold medal at the Olympic Games.

She won the 2010 Dutch sportswoman of the year award.

Sauerbreij has also taken part at several world cup events with great success, and has achieved various podium positions with first-place finishes in 2002 2003, 2008, and 2010. She placed first overall in the rankings of the parallel giantslalom World Cup in the 2007-2008 World Cup season and also first in the overall standings of the parallel giant slalom World Cup in the 2009-2010 World Cup season.

Nicolien Sauerbreij Net Worth

Nicolien Sauerbreij is one of the richest Snowboarder from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nicolien Sauerbreij 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her first podium spot was at the world cup at Mont-Sainte-Anne 2001. She was second in the giant parallel Slalom.

In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, she was the flag bearer of the Netherlands and was one of the last few athletes to win winning a medal. Since snowboarding is not a popular game across the Netherlands, Sauerbreij used the wax products provided through team Italian team. Since she had used the wrong wax for her snowboard, she was unable to make it to the top 16 who competed in knock-out rounds.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino she managed to qualify among the last sixteen and was determined to prove herself on the Olympic stage. In the first knock-out round she faced German Amelie Kober. Kober fell during the first run, giving Sauerbreij the maximum advantage for the second run, 1.5 seconds. In the second run Sauerbreij decided to go down safely and not fall herself. However Kober managed to come back on Sauerbreij and beat her with 0.03 of a second in the final metres. Kober went on to reach the final and take the silver medal.

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Nicolien Ranked on the list of most popular Snowboarder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Nicolien Sauerbreij celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.