Theo de Lange
{{short description|Dutch sailor}}
{{For|the New Zealand air force officer|Theo de Lange (RNZAF officer)}}
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{{Infobox sailor
| name = Theo de Lange
| image = Soling Podium North Americans 2019 downwind.png
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| caption = Theo de Lange pumping the spinnaker guy on the last downwind during the 2019 North Americans Soling Championship.
| birth_name =
| fullname = Theodorus Adrianus de Lange
| nickname = Delange
| nationality = {{NED}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|3|16}}
| birth_place = Kralingen, Rotterdam
| death_date =
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| height = {{convert|1.92|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| retired =
| club = Watersport Vereniging Rotterdam
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| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{NED}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Vintage Yachting Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2018 Hellerup|Soling}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2021 Mandello del Lario, Italy|Soling}}
{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2019 Kingston, Ontario|Soling}}
{{Star Sailors League rank|Crew|361|802|27 October 2022}}
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| updated = 27 October 2022
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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, 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,
De Lange became in 2000, together with Rudy den Outer and Leo Determan, the last Dutch Champions during the Olympic Soling era. Theo is since 2018 also one of the elected International Soling Association committee members.
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
{{reflist|refs =
|url=http://www.soling.com/results/ShowResults.asp?ID=1132
|title=North American Championship / CORK, Kingston 07/08/2019 To 11/08/2019. / Rk=1.5
|year=2019
|website=www.soling.com
|publisher=International Soling Association
|location=Buenos Aires (ARG)
|access-date=1 March 2020
}}
| title = GALERIJ der KAMPIOENEN
| language = NL
| publisher = Rotterdamsche Zeil Vereeniging
| url = http://ym4wi1n1c458giop38sj11f0-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GALERIJ-der-KAMPIOENEN-4.pdf
| website = rzv.nl
| accessdate = 8 March 2020
}}
| year = 2019
| title = Soling North American Championship
| language = EN
| publisher = World Sailing
| url = https://www.sailing.org/regattainfo.php?rgtaid=21530
| website = sailing.org
| accessdate = 1 March 2020
}}
| year = 2019
| title = Soling North American Championship
| language = EN
| publisher = CORK
| url = http://www.cork.org/past-results/results2019/soling/soling_results.htm
| website = www.cork.org
| accessdate = 1 March 2020
}}
| year = 2019
| title = Soling North American Championship
| language = EN
| publisher = Scuttlebutt Sailing News
| url = https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/08/11/soling-north-american-championship/
| website = www.sailingscuttlebutt.com
| accessdate = 1 March 2020
}}
| year = 2019
| title = Soling - 2019 Soling North American Championship - Cork CAN
| language = EN
| publisher = Sailing News
| url = http://sailing-news.com/news/en/permanent/49249/soling-2019-soling-north-american-championship-cork-can.html
| website = sailing-news.com
| accessdate = 1 March 2020
}}
| year = 2018
| title = 2018 Vintage Yachting Games
| language = EN
| publisher = Manage 2 Sail
| url = https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/ad9e9265-3515-4b80-93b0-890961e65339#!/results?classId=c88cb26b-e675-4d0c-98a4-6e9101b41660
| website = www.manage2sail.com
| accessdate = 8 March 2020
}}
| year = 2019
| title = Soling - 2019 Soling North American Championship - Cork CAN
| language = EN
| publisher = Sailing Anarchy
| url = https://sailinganarchy.com/2019/08/13/soling-2019-soling-north-american-championship-cork-can-den-outer-ned-take-title/
| website = sailinganarchy.com
| accessdate = 1 March 2020
}}
| year = 2019
| title = News
| language = EN
| publisher = Canadian International Soling Association
| url = http://www.soling.ca/pages/news
| website = www.soling.ca
| accessdate = 1 March 2020
}}
|url = https://www.soling.com/results/ShowResults.asp?ID=1237
|title = European Championship / LNI, Mandello del Lario, Como 30/09/2021 To 03/10/2021.
|publisher = International Soling Association
|accessdate = 4 October 2021
}}
}}
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Category:Dutch male sailors (sport)
Category:Sailors (sport) from Rotterdam
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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