Aernout van Lennep (23 February 1898 – 17 December 1974) was a Dutch
horse rider
Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ...
. He competed in eventing at the
1932 Summer Olympics and won a team silver medal, finishing ninth
individually.
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Van Lennep was a career artillery officer, and won the Dutch military championships in 1931. He was a prisoner of war in Germany during ]World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, and later became a lieutenant colonel in the 1950s.[
]
References
1898 births
1974 deaths
Dutch male equestrians
Event riders
Equestrians at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Den Helder
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Royal Netherlands Army personnel of World War II
Dutch prisoners of war in World War II
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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