Hans Horrevoets (born 26 April 1974 in

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– died 18 May 2006) was a Dutch sea sailor.

Disappearance and aftermath

Horrevoets disappeared while he was among the crew of the ''ABN AMRO TWO''. During the 7th stage of the 2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race from

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, he was washed overboard about west of Land's End in

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and briefly disappeared. His colleagues later recovered him, but attempts to resuscitate him failed. He was part of the '' Brunel Sunergy'' team in the 1997/98 Whitbread Round The World Race as youngest member in the race. In the 2001/02 he was to be part of the Belgium Yess project, but the project failed. He won the Swan Europeans twice with the ''Aqua Equinox'', and as skipper with the Holmatro talentboat he won the Cowes Week (twice), the Fastnet Race, the Channel Race, the

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and was best boat at the 2005

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. Horrevoets was the owner of the company Yacht Invest in

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, from 1998. His pregnant wife Petra and his eleven-month-old daughter Bobbi survived him.

Horrevoets Trophy

In May 2009, Volvo Ocean Race launched the Hans Horrevoets Rookie Award to recognize the outstanding under-30 sailor in each edition of the Race as nominated by the respective skippers. ;Recipients: * 2008-09 - Michael "Michi" Mueller - Puma Ocean Racing. * 2011-12 - David "Dave" Swete - Team Sanya. * 2014-15 - Sophie Ciszek -

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. * 2017-18 - Bleddyn Mon - Turn the Tide on Plastic

References

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