NICK Dempsey admitted his pride after becoming the most decorated Olympic male windsurfer of all time by claiming Rio 2016 silver.

The medal is five-time Olympian Dempsey’s second consecutive Olympic silver, having also finished second at London 2012, and his third Games medal in total having first been on the podium at Athens 2004.

The Weymouth star went into yesterday’s double points medal race knowing that, providing he successfully competed in the race, he couldn’t be knocked off the second podium post, but was unable to overtake Dorian van Rijsselberghe for gold.

And a fourth in the race, which was won by van Rijsselberghe, confirmed Dempsey’s silver medal.

The 36-year-old, who made his Olympic debut at Sydney 2000, revealed he won’t yet now rule out a sixth Games bid but admits it is unlikely.

He said: “Being the most decorated male Olympic windsurfer is awesome, something I’m incredibly proud of.

“I’m not sure I can do it again. I would love to if I could. It will be emotional as soon as I sit down in a quiet space on my own.

“I love windsurfing, I love racing, I think I am occasionally a bit competitive and I just don’t like losing. If you’re going to carry on doing it, you have to be winning or at least in contention.

“I love the Olympics, I think it is the best thing in the world.

Everything that it stands for, I think, is pretty special.

He added: “The team is still racing so I am in support mode now. We’re a team, people are still working hard and it’s an important phase at the moment for our team as people are trying to win medals. It’s important that we stick together.”