Rudolf "Ruud" Stokvis (born 24 April 1943) is a retired

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

from the

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, who represented his native country twice at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, starting in

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

. Four years later, he won a bronze medal in the coxless pairs alongside Roel Luynenburg. Stokvis also won a bronze medal in the

coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on th ...

s at the

1966 World Rowing Championships The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...

. In 1978, Stokvis defended a PhD thesis on the ideological and organizational development of modern sports. He was then teaching sociology at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

, including sports-related topics. He was also involved in research activities and published several books: * ''125 jaar Koninklĳke Nederlandsche Studenten Roeibond'' (2008, ) * ''Fitter, harder & mooier : de onweerstaanbare opkomst van de fitnesscultuur'' (Amsterdam/Antwerpen, 2008, ) * ''Concurrentie en beschaving : ondernemingen en het commercieel beschavingsproces'' (Amsterdam, 1999, ) * ''Sport, publiek en de media'' (Amsterdam, 2003, ) * ''De sportwereld : een sociologische inleiding'' (Alphen aan den Rijn/Brussel, 1989, ) * ''Ondernemers en industriële verhoudingen : een onderneming in regionaal verband (1945–1985)'' (Assen, 1989, ) * ''Strijd over sport : organisatorische en ideologische ontwikkelingen'' (Deventer, 1979, )

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1943 births Living people Dutch male rowers Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Rowers from Amsterdam Olympic medalists in rowing University of Amsterdam alumni World Rowing Championships medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-rowing-bio-stub