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Rudolf "Ruud" Stokvis (born 24 April 1943) is a retired
rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...
from the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, who represented his native country twice at the
Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...
, starting in
1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
. Four years later, he won a bronze medal in the coxless pairs alongside Roel Luynenburg. Stokvis also won a bronze medal in the
coxless four A coxless four, abbreviated as a 4- and also called a straight four, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four ...
s at the
1966 World Rowing Championships The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...
. In 1978, Stokvis defended a PhD thesis on the ideological and organizational development of modern sports. He was then teaching sociology at the
University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...
, including sports-related topics. He was also involved in research activities and published several books: * ''125 jaar Koninklijke Nederlandsche Studenten Roeibond'' (2008, ) * ''Fitter, harder & mooier : de onweerstaanbare opkomst van de fitnesscultuur'' (Amsterdam/Antwerpen, 2008, ) * ''Concurrentie en beschaving : ondernemingen en het commercieel beschavingsproces'' (Amsterdam, 1999, ) * ''Sport, publiek en de media'' (Amsterdam, 2003, ) * ''De sportwereld : een sociologische inleiding'' (Alphen aan den Rijn/Brussel, 1989, ) * ''Ondernemers en industriële verhoudingen : een onderneming in regionaal verband (1945–1985)'' (Assen, 1989, ) * ''Strijd over sport : organisatorische en ideologische ontwikkelingen'' (Deventer, 1979, )


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1943 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Rowers from Amsterdam Olympic medalists in rowing University of Amsterdam alumni World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub