Theo de Lange

For the New Zealand air force officer, see Theo de Lange (RNZAF officer).

Theo de Lange
Theo de Lange pumping the spinnaker guy on the last downwind during the 2019 North Americans Soling Championship.
Personal information
Full nameTheodorus Adrianus de Lange
NicknameDelange
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1960-03-16) 16 March 1960 (age 64)
Kralingen, Rotterdam
Height1.92 m (6.3 ft)
Sailing career
Class(es)Vaurien
Finn
Soling
ClubWatersport Vereniging Rotterdam
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Vintage Yachting Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hellerup Soling[1]
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Mandello del Lario, Italy Soling
North American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kingston, Ontario Soling[2]
Star Sailors League
Crew
rank 		Highest:
361 		27 October 2022:
802
Updated on 27 October 2022

Theodorus "Theo" Adrianus de Lange (born 16 March 1960 in Kralingen, Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games in Hellerup Denmark. De Lange as middleman together with helmsman Rudy den Outer and Gabor Helmhout on the foredeck took the Gold medal in the Soling. During the 2019 North American Championship in Kingston, Ontario,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] De Lange again as middleman in the Dutch Soling Sophie’s Choice together with helmsman Rudy den Outer but now with Thies Bosch on the foredeck took first place. This was the first time European sailors won this championship in the over fifty years history of the North American Soling Championship!

With Rudy den Outer and Ramzi Souli Theo became European Champion in the Soling at Mandello del Lario, Italy in 2021,[9]

De Lange became in 2000, together with Rudy den Outer and Leo Determan, the last Dutch Champions during the Olympic Soling era.[10] Theo is since 2018 also one of the elected International Soling Association committee members.

Theo (right) in full flight during the Europeans Soling 2021 in front of Mandello del Lario

Personal life

De Lange lives and works near Capelle aan den IJssel, earned a degree in law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, is married and has two daughters.

References

  1. ^ "2018 Vintage Yachting Games". www.manage2sail.com. Manage 2 Sail. 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "North American Championship / CORK, Kingston 07/08/2019 To 11/08/2019. / Rk=1.5". www.soling.com. Buenos Aires (ARG): International Soling Association. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Soling North American Championship". sailing.org. World Sailing. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Soling North American Championship". www.cork.org. CORK. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Soling North American Championship". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Soling - 2019 Soling North American Championship - Cork CAN". sailing-news.com. Sailing News. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Soling - 2019 Soling North American Championship - Cork CAN". sailinganarchy.com. Sailing Anarchy. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. ^ "News". www.soling.ca. Canadian International Soling Association. 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. ^ "European Championship / LNI, Mandello del Lario, Como 30/09/2021 To 03/10/2021". International Soling Association. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  10. ^ "GALERIJ der KAMPIOENEN" (PDF). rzv.nl (in Dutch). Rotterdamsche Zeil Vereeniging. Retrieved 8 March 2020.


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