Roy Paul Bottse (born 14 January 1951) is a Surinamese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the

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. Bottse was a lieutenant in both the Dutch and later the Suriname National Army. In 1979, he claimed that the Dutch Colonel who was seconded to the Surinamese Army, asked him to prepare a coup d'état which Bottse refused. Colonel Valk denied ever making the request. On 25 February 1980, there was a coup d'etat which became known as the Sergeants' Coup. The Sergeants were also in close contact with Colonel Hans Valk. Bottse left Suriname for the Netherlands and took up arms against the Surinamese regime in the 1980s. In preparation for a counter-coup against the regime, Bottse was interviewed by CNN in French Guiana. The counter-coup failed, because the group was arrested in French Guiana, and returned to the Netherlands. Now a lawyer, Bottse was a candidate for Partido MAN in the

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1951 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Surinamese male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Suriname Royal Netherlands Army personnel Surinamese military personnel Surinamese rebels Surinamese exiles Dutch sportsperson-politicians Partido MAN politicians Surinamese emigrants to Curaçao Curaçao lawyers Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games competitors for Suriname {{Suriname-athletics-bio-stub