[1] Having started the sport since the age of fourteen, Dompeling has been a member of Claybusters Skeet Shooting Association (Dutch: Kleiduiven Schiet Vereniging Clay Busters, KSV Claybusters), and a resident athlete of the Royal Netherlands Shooting Federation (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Schietsport Associatie, KNSA), where he trained throughout his career under head coach Nelia Heemskerk.

[1] Dompeling's magnificent world-record feat culminated in a selection of being one of clear favorites for an Olympic medal at his succeeding Games in Barcelona 1992, but slipped out of his contention desperately to forty-second place in the final debut of the mixed skeet, posting a dismal score of 143.

He prevailed in a grueling shoot-off against Italy's Andrea Benelli 4 to 3 for fourth place with a matching score of 146, but fell short of his first ever Olympic medal by just a single target behind the U.S. shooter James Graves.

[9][10][11] Two years later, Dompeling emerged victorious from his Olympic medal failure to shoot a single-target lead over U.S. shooter Shawn Dulohery 23 to 22 for the gold at the second meet of the 2002 ISSF World Cup series in Shanghai, China.

[12] Coming on top of the World Cup podium for the fifth time in his career (the first being done in 1990), Dompeling also secured an Olympic quota place, and was eventually selected to compete for the Netherlands in his fifth Games.