{{Short description|Dutch sailor (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Nicholas Heiner | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|04|20}} | birth_place = [[Enkhuizen]], Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.86 m<ref name="Tokyo 2020" /> | weight = | classes = {{hlist|[[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]]|[[Finn (dinghy)|Finn]]|[[49er (dinghy)|49er]]|[[470 (dinghy)|470]]|[[420 (dinghy)|420]]}} | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[World championships in sailing|World championships]]|}} {{Medal|Gold| [[Laser World Championship|2014 Santander]]|[[2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships – Laser|Laser]]}} {{Medal|Silver| [[Finn Gold Cup|2019 Melbourne]]|Finn }} {{Medal|Bronze| [[Finn Gold Cup|2017 Balatonföldvár]]|[[2017 Finn Gold Cup|Finn]]}} {{MedalCompetition| [[European championships in sailing|European championships]]}} {{Medal|Silver| [[Finn European Championship|2018 Cádiz]]|Finn }} }}

'''Nicholas Heiner''' (born 20 April 1989) is a Dutch [[sailing (sport)|sailor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=51325 |title=Sailor Biography: Nicholas Heiner |language=English |website=Sailing.org |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512204839/https://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=51325 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Heiner was born in [[Enkhuizen]], Netherlands,<ref name="Tokyo 2020" /> to Olympic [[Finn (dinghy)|Finn dinghy]] bronze medallist from [[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]], [[Roy Heiner]].<ref>{{cite web | publisher=World Sailing | title=Nicholas Heiner follows famous dad into the Finn | url=https://www.sailing.org/2016/12/07/nicholas-heiner-follows-famous-dad-into-the-finn/ }}</ref>

He won the Laser event at the [[2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships – Laser|2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/2014-ISAF-Worlds.php?view=eventoa&rgtaid=13866&regattaid=13866&evntid=31436&includeref=regattaevents25747#results__13866 |title=Results 2014 Laser World Championship |website=Sailing.org |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513121536/https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/2014-ISAF-Worlds.php?view=eventoa&rgtaid=13866&regattaid=13866&evntid=31436&includeref=regattaevents25747#results__13866 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He represented the [[Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics]], placing fourth in the [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn|Finn event]].<ref name="Tokyo 2020">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1467599-heiner-nicholas.htm |title=Sailing: HEINER Nicholas |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006102651/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1467599-heiner-nicholas.htm |archive-date=6 October 2021 |access-date=16 March 2023}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{TeamNL|nicholas-heiner|old_id=6270-nicholas-heiner}}

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