Berend "Bert" Romp (4 November 1958 – 4 October 2018) was a Dutch

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and Olympic champion in the sport. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the Dutch team at the

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. Romp died on 4 October 2018, a month before his 60th birthday, after a horse kicked him.

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* 1958 births 2018 deaths Dutch show jumping riders Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Veendam Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Deaths by horse-riding accident in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Groningen (province) 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub