Rutger Blauwhoed

NED Netherlands · Indoor specialist · Active 1989–1994

0World titles

5Finals

1Medals

1644Indoor Eloinactive

—Best PRL

Crossed first in the 1994 Indoor final but was disqualified after slow-motion review showed eyelid separation of 2.1 mm.

The story

From Utrecht, Netherlands · Era Indoor · Style —

Osaka, 1994

Rutger Blauwhoed posted the highest score in the 1994 Indoor final and was presented with the trophy. Frame-by-frame review of the overhead camera then showed his eyelids separated by about 2.1 mm for 0.36 seconds during the fifth chukka. He was disqualified.

After

Blauwhoed never competed again. He has always said the separation was an involuntary reaction to chlorine. The case led directly to the Blackout Goggle Standard of 1995.

“It was the chlorine. It has always been the chlorine.”Rutger Blauwhoed

Rivals

Kaori Ishizuchi JPN: Osaka. Head-to-head over 6 shared championships: Blauwhoed 0, Ishizuchi 6. Rivalries →

Elo rating history

Profile

Hawk-Ear profile data is available from 2011 onwards.

World Championship results

Year	Disc.	Round	Place	Tags	Calls	CPT	Evasion s	PRL ms	BE °	Splash	FOW
1989	Indoor	Quarter-final	13	9	67	7.44	144.5	—	—	—	2
1990	Indoor	Final	4	11	160	14.55	142.6	—	—	—	3
1991	Indoor	Final	5	13	137	10.54	132.3	—	—	—	4
1992	Indoor	Final	4	13	147	11.31	124.3	—	—	—	4
1993	Indoor	Final	3	10	149	14.9	136.9	—	—	—	4
1994	Indoor	Final	DSQ	16	133	8.31	128.4	—	—	—	4

Statistics are shown from the year each measurement began: calls 1974, PRL 2003, Bearing Error and Splash Entropy 2011. See the glossary.