Dirk de Ridder (sailor)

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Dirk de Ridder
Personal information
Born (1972-12-29) 29 December 1972 (age 52)
Oudewater, Netherlands
Height1.87 m (6.1 ft)
Sport
Sailing career
Class Soling

Dirk de Ridder (born 29 December 1972) is a Dutch sailor. [1]

Born in Oudewater, Netherlands, [1] he represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Peter van Niekerk as fellow crew member, [2] [3] they took the fourth place in the Soling event. [4]

He has sailed in four editions of the Volvo Ocean Race, in 1997–98 on Merit Cup , 2001–02 on the winning Illbruck Challenge , in 2005–06 on Pirates of the Caribbean and in 2014–15 on Team Brunel .

He was a member of Oracle Racing on USA 17 in the 2010 America's Cup. He sailed for the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series but was banned from the 2013 America's Cup due to being a part of Oracle's cheating during the World Series. De Ridder maintained his innocence, and his original five-year ban was reduced to 18 months on appeal. [5] [6] He was part of the winning crew for the 2022 6-metre class World Championships. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dirk de Ridder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Verbond mikt op vier Olympische zeilmedailles". De Volkskrant. 4 December 1997. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Zwarte dag voor Nederlandse Zeilploeg in Sydney". Nieuwsbank. 26 September 2000. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jaarverslag KNWV 2000". Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Johnstone, Duncan (12 March 2015). "Oracle's Dirk de Ridder ends America's Cup ban with Volvo gig out of Auckland". Stuff.
  6. ↑ "Report: America's Cup sailor Dirk de Ridder suspended five years – FOX Sports". Fox Sports. 15 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "2022 6 Meter World Championships Results". 6mrworlds2022.com. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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