- Source: Dirk de Ridder (sailor)
Dirk de Ridder (born 29 December 1972) is a sailor born in Oudewater, Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With Roy Heiner as helmsman and Peter van Niekerk as fellow crew member, De Ridder took the 4th place in the Soling.
He has sailed in four The Ocean Race's, 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 5-year ban was reduced to 18 months on appeal. He was part of the winning crew for the 2022 6 metre class World Championships.
References
Further reading
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume One -Preparing for the Games (PDF). Manufactured in Australia: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume Two – Celebrating the Games (PDF). Manufactured in Australia: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
External links
Dirk de Ridder at World Sailing
Dirk de Ridder at Olympics.com
Dirk de Ridder at Olympedia (archive)