Jump to content

Rudi van Houts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rudi van Houts
Rudi van Houts in 2012
Personal information
Full nameRudolphus Antonie Cornelis van Houts
Born (1984-01-16) 16 January 1984 (age 40)
Luyksgestel, the Netherlands
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country (MTB)
Professional teams
2007–2008Discovery Channel–Marco Polo
2009–2014Multivan–Merida Team
2015–2016Tempo Hoppenbrouwers Veldhoven

Rudolphus Antonie Cornelis “Rudi” van Houts (born 16 January 1984 in Luyksgestel) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist and mountain biker.[1][2]

Van Houts finished 10th overall at the Giro del Capo in Cape Town in 2007, finishing 3:54 behind the winner.[1] He finished 12th in the 2008 UCI World Mountain Bike Championships held in Val di Sole. Later that year he also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished in 34th.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished in 17th.[2]

Major results

[edit]
2005
1st Cross-country, European Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
2006
2nd Cross-country, European Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
2007
10th Overall Giro del Capo
2009
3rd Mixed relay, European Mountain Bike Championships
2010
1st National Cross-country Championships
2011
1st National Cross-country Championships

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Athlete biography: Rudi van Houts". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rudi van Houts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
[edit]