Rudie van Vuuren
 Rudie van Vuuren, wife Marlice and son, Zacheo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rudolf Janse van Vuuren | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1972 Windhoek, South West Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 13) | 16 February 2003 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 3 March 2003 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rudolf Jansen van Vuuren (born 20 September 1972 in Windhoek, Namibia) is a Namibian physician, conservationist and former sportsman.
Rudie van Vuuren married Namibian conservationist Marlice van Vuuren in December 2000. Together, they run N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary. He is the personal physician of the President of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob.
Sport[]
van Vuuren is best known for representing his country in both the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup; as a result he became the first and only man to compete in two sport codes, cricket and rugby union in World Cups in the same year.[1] He was the first Namibian to take five wickets in a One Day International, which he did against England.[2]
Conservation achievements[]
In 2005, Marlice and Rudie together with their long time friend Chris Heunis bought the farm Ovuuyo, 42 km outside of Windhoek where they started a conservation tourism organinisation and gave it the name N/a’an ku sê (Naankuse) which means God will protect us. N/'an ku sê has strong ties with Angelina Jolie and her family, specifically with her daughter Shiloh who was born in Namibia. N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary opened in 2007.[3]
The N/'an ku sê wildlife sanctuary has been repeatedly investigated by the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism for permit violations and illegal breeding and translocating of wild animals, particularly cheetahs and elephants. When confronted with the allegations, van Vuuren denied the claims and accused the ministry of incompetence.[4]
References[]
- ^ The ten greatest sporting all-rounders – Guardian Unlimited
- ^ "Records / Namibia / One-Day Internationals / Best bowling figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Brangelina cash to help sanctuary". Daily Express. 2 January 2011.
- ^ Mongudhi, Tileni; Haufiku, Mathias (13 October 2020). "Wildlife guardians probed". The Namibian. p. 1.
External links[]
- Rudie van Vuuren at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Rudie van Vuuren at ESPNcricinfo
- Rudie van Vuuren at Rugby Heaven
- Rudi van Vuuren at BBC Sport
- Naankuse website Rudie and Marlice van Vuuren, help orphaned and injured wildlife through N/a’an ku sê sanctuary in Namibia
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
- Namibian Afrikaner people
- Namibia One Day International cricketers
- Namibian cricketers
- Namibian rugby union players
- Cricketers from Windhoek
- Namibian conservationists
- Namibia international rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Windhoek