Rutger van Schaardenburg (born 8 October 1987, in Alkmaar) is a sailor from the Netherlands,[1][2] who represented his country for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics[3] in Qingdao.

[4] There he took the 34th place in the Laser class.

[5][6] In this competition Van Schaardenburg took 14th place.

[7] He competed again in the laser class at the 2016 Olympics, finishing in 9th place.

[8] This biographical article related to sailing in the Netherlands is a stub.