Rudolf Jansen van Vuuren (born 20 September 1972) is a Namibian physician, conservationist and former sportsman.

Rudie van Vuuren

van Vuuren with his family
Personal information
Full name	Rudolf Janse van Vuuren
Born	(1972-09-20) 20 September 1972 (age 50) Windhoek, South West Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Namibia (1997–2004)
ODI debut (cap 13)	16 February 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 March 2003 v Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI LA Matches 5 21 Runs scored 26 60 Batting average 8.66 8.57 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 14 14* Balls bowled 300 1,038 Wickets 8 28 Bowling average 37.25 30.14 5 wickets in innings 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/43 5/43 Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 June 2017

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

External links

• 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