Outelet's premature death at age 34 deprived Belgium of one of a promising teacher and of one of the country's best judo technicians ever.

[1] He repeated his success one year later in the 2nd dan category during the 1955 European Championships held in Paris by defeating Douglas Young from Great-Britain.

In 1960 he won his last European title in Amsterdam defeating the local champion, Dutchman Tony Wagenaar in the 4th dan category, while winning another bronze medal in the team championships.

Outelet, however, was unable to obtain the same success during the world championships which were held without weight classes in those days and which favored heavier judoka.

[3] Affected by depression, he committed suicide by hanging in 1970 at the age of 34 after a struggle with what is believed to have been personal problems of a financial nature.