Pieter-Jan Postma

Pieter-Jan Postma
Photographer: Robert Deaves
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1982-01-10) January 10, 1982
Heerenveen
Height1.89 m (6.2 ft)
Weight101 kg (223 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Laser Radial
Laser
Finn
ClubKoninklijke Watersportvereniging Sneek
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2008, 2012, 2016
Medal record

Pre-Olympics: silver (2007 en 2015) and bronze (2011)

WK: gold (2022 en 2022), silver (2000, 2007 en 2011), bronze (2013, 2016, 2018 en 2019)

EK: gold (2016)

Coaching 69F: Goldcup gold (2021 en 2022)

Coaching Finn-klasse: Gold Athens Week for Zombor Berecz (2019) en silver at Springcup Alican Kaynar (2020)

Updated on 10th of January 2023

Pieter-Jan Postma (born 10 January 1982 in Heerenveen) is a sailor from the Netherlands and Olympic coach. He represented the Netherlands three times at the Olympic Games and is a multiple National, European and World Champion.

Postma starts sailing in an Optimist when he is seven years old. He graduated as a Maritime Officer and Technical Business Administration before participating in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. During these games, Pieter-Jan Postma is 26 and takes fourteenth place. During the Olympic Games in London he reached the fourth place. He also participates in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and reaches the tenth place.

He is a member of the Royal Water Sports Association Sneek.