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Diederik VAN SILFHOUT

Diederik SILFHOUT, VAN is a Dutch athlete and competes in Dressage.
Name Diederik VAN SILFHOUT
FEI ID 10015840
Gender Male
Date of Birth 20/04/1988
Competing for Netherlands - NED
Registration Dressage 2025
Last update 16/02/2023
FEI Database




Dressage 70x70
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? His father Alex was an international dressage rider and he encouraged Diederik to take up the sport.
Club / Team Stal van Silfhout: Lunteren, NED
Name of coach Alex van Silfhout [national, father], NED
Further Personal Information
Family Wife Cindy, sons Quint [2017] and Sylvester [2013]
Residence Lunteren, NED
Occupation Athlete, Businessperson, Horse Trainer
Languages Dutch, English
General Interest
Awards and honours In 2014 he and Edward Gal, Hans-Peter Minderhoud, and Adelinde Cornelissen were named Sports Team of the Year in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. (stadnijkerk.nl, 13 Dec 2014)
Famous relatives His sister Jarissa was part of the Dutch squad that won silver in team dressage at the 2008 European Junior Championships in Azeitao, Portugal. His father Alex competed in the sport at grand prix and World Cup events, and was appointed head coach of the Dutch national dressage team in January 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Oct 2019; dehoefslag.nl, 11 Jan 2019; knhs.nl, 05 Nov 2017, 01 Jan 2017; stalvansilfhout.nl, 21 Jan 2015)
Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (dehoefslag.nl, 22 Nov 2021)
Other information FAMILY STABLES His parents Alex and Jannet run Stal van Silfhout in Lunteren, Netherlands. (Facebook team page, 07 Feb 2023; knhs.nl, 30 Jul 2020; stalvansilfhout.nl, 05 Sep 2019) AUCTIONEER In June 2020 he founded an online horse auction business called Dutch Dressage Stars alongside Dutch equestrian Diederik Wigmans and horse dealer Nikay van Duren. (eurodressage.com, 26 Jun 2020; dutchdressagestars.com, 23 Jun 2020)