Gavin Lidlow (born 8 November 1972 in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

) is a

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from the

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, who represented his country at the

2012 Vintage Yachting Games The 2012 Vintage Yachting Games was the second post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for Former Olympic sailing classes, discontinued Olympic classes. The event was held on 7–14 July 2012 on Lake Como in Italy. The organization of this event was ...

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. Lidlow in the middle as tacktician together with

helmsman A helmsman or helm (sometimes driver or steersman) is a person who steering, steers a ship, sailboat, submarine, other type of maritime vessel, airship, or spacecraft. The rank and seniority of the helmsman may vary: on small vessels such as fis ...

Rudy den Outer Rudy den Outer (born 22 July 1954 in Rotterdam) is a sailing (sport), sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling, 2008 Vintage Yachting Games in Medemblik, as helmsman in the Dutch Sol ...

and

Ramzi Souli Ramzi Souli (born 30 June 1980 in Numansdorp) is a sailing (sport), sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games in Bellano Italy. Souli on the foredeck together with helmsman Rudy den Outer and Ga ...

on the foredeck took the

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in the

Soling The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...

. During the 2012 Soling Europeans in

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as well as at the 2014 Soling Europeans in

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the same team took the 3rd place. Gavin holds several Dutch titles in the

. He is member of the Kralingsche Zeil Club in

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Personal life

Lidlow lives in

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with his daughter and works as project engineer/Network designer in the

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References

1972 births Living people Dutch male sailors (sport) Laser class sailors Sportspeople from The Hague Sailors (sport) from South Holland Soling class sailors {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub