Hennie Dompeling

Dutch sports shooter Hennie Dompeling competed at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004. Dompeling was a member of the Kleiduiven Schiet Vereniging Clay Busters, winning multiple medals at the World and European championships, including a gold at the latter in 1995.

Dompeling’s first Olympics were the 1988 Seoul Games where he tied for 13th place with 195 points. He had a disappointing performance at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing in 42nd place, but improved for the Atlanta Games in 1996 where he finished in 15th. Dompeling had his best Olympic performance in 2000 at the Sydney Games when he reached the final round. After a shoot-off against Andrea Benelli he finished in fourth place, just one point outside of the medals. His fifth and final Olympic appearance was at the 2004 Athína Games, where he finished in 21st place. After the Olympics Dompeling joined a road haulage firm near to Schiphol Airport where he worked as a truck driver.