Rudy den Outer (born 22 July 1954 in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

) is a

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from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the

2008 Vintage Yachting Games The 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was the first post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event took place on the IJsselmeer of Medemblik, the Netherlands, from 20 September to 27 September 2008. A total of 66 sailo ...

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, as helmsman in the Dutch

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 ...

''Sophie's Choice''. Den Outer with crew members Leo Determan and Ronald den Arend took the gold. In 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 ...

, this time with crew members Gavin Lidlow 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 ...

, the team took the silver medal in

Bellano Orrido di Bellano. Bellano (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and historic small town on the eastern shore of Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located at northern outlet of the Valsassina. Geography Bell ...

, Italy. In 2003 with helmsman

Fred Imhoff Ferdinand "Fred" Helmuth Imhoff (born 15 February 1942 in The Hague) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel, Germany as helmsman in the Flying Dutchman ''Brave Henderik IV'' (H-230). Wit ...

and Richard van Rij he became European Champion in the

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, Ireland. Den Outer is also very active in the organization of major international sailing events for Olympic and former Olympic classes.

Sailing career

Rudy den Outer, after sailing some Dutch National classes, started his international sailing career in 1970 crewing for Leo Determan in the

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. In 1975, Den Outer crewed for

Ben Staartjes Bernard "Ben" Staartjes (9 December 1928, Amsterdam – 17 March 2014, Kapellen) Bernard Staartj ...

in the Tempest. He was a member of the "Yellow Joker" sailing team of

. He started crewing for

Geert Bakker Geert Alle Bakker (15 January 1921 in Appingedam – 7 August 1993 in Warmond) was a sailing (sport), sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling, 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingsto ...

in the

in 1981. After that Rudy started to helm the Soling. During 1999 and 2001, Den Outer crewed for

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in the

. Along with Richard van Rij and helmsman Fred Imhoff's he was part of the "Danisch Joker" Dragon team in 2002 and 2003. During the 2018 Vintage the Soling team of Rudy den Outer, Theo de Lange and Gabor Helmhout took the gold during challenging circumstances off the coast of

Hellerup Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compr ...

, Denmark. In 2019 den Outer as helmsman with Theo de Lange and Thies Bosch took the gold during the 2019 North American Championship 2019 on

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. With Theo de Lange and Ramzi Souli Rudy became European Champion in the Soling at

Mandello del Lario Mandello del Lario ( Lecchese: ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy, on Lake Como. Since 1921, Mandello del Lario has been home to Moto Guzzi—the Italian motorcycle manufacturer, now a subsidiary of Piag ...

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in 2021. Den Outer is sailing Soling on a regular basis in national and international competitions as a member of the Kralingsche Zeil Club in Rotterdam.

Regatta organization and management

Rudy den Outer organized the 1990 Soling World Championship (fleetrace) in

with the Royal Yacht Club Hollandia, the 1993 Soling European Championship, and the 1988 Soling World Championship (both matchrace) at

Kralingen Kralingen () is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland, now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre, in the borough Kralingen-Crooswijk. Kralingen was a separate municipality until ...

this in cooperation with the Rotterdamsche Zeilvereeniging. Den Outer took in 2006 the initiative for the

Vintage Yachting Games The Vintage Yachting Games are an international Quadrennial multi class sailing (sport), sailing event for Former Olympic sailing classes, former Olympic classes and the Paralympic Games, former Classes of the Paralympic Games. The Vintage Games ...

. This event for the former Olympic classes is held every four years. Currently Den Outer is chairman of the daily board of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization. He is past committee member of the

International Soling Association The International Soling Association (ISA) is the sports governing body, governing body for the Soling class, recognised as an international class by World Sailing. The International Soling Association was founded as soon as the Soling became an ...

3 terms from 1988 till 1997 and Past Vice-President from the same organization (1993).

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Outer, Rudy den 1954 births Living people Dragon class sailors Dutch male sailors (sport) Flying Dutchman class sailors Soling class sailors Sailors (sport) from Rotterdam Tempest class sailors 20th-century Dutch sportsmen