Harry Wouters van den Oudenweijer

H.J.M. “Harry” Wouters van den Oudenweijer (5 July 1933[1] – 7 April 2020[2]) was a Dutch equestrian show jumper.

Wouters van den Oudenweijer in 1969

Wouters was born in Elst. At the 1977 European Show Jumping Championships in Rome he won the European title as part of the Dutch national team (together with Anton Ebben, Johan Heins and Henk Nooren), coached by chef d'équipe Ben Arts. They were honored at the Piazza de Siena. In the same year, they became Dutch sports Team of the Year.

In total he achieved 25 Grand Prix victories. He retired from active competitive sport in 1988. He became national coach of the youth team of Austria and later of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Wouters van den Oudenweijer is the father of Patrick Wouters van den Oudenweijer, team manager of the previous professional TVM Speed skating team and together with Rintje Ritsma in 1995 founder of the first commercial skating team in the Netherlands.