Gerard Pieter de Kruijff (27 January 1890 in
Buren
Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands.
Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022.
Geography
Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a ...
– 16 October 1968 in
Deventer) 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 ...
who competed in the
1924 Summer Olympics and in the
1928 Summer Olympics.
In the
1924 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the
team three-day event and placed thirteenth in the
individual three-day event. Four years later he won again the gold medals in the
team three-day event and in the
individual three-day event he won the silver medal. In Amsterdam he also competed in the jumping events. In the
individual jumping he finished in 27th place and the Dutch team placed tenth in the
team jumping competition.
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1890 births
1968 deaths
Dutch male equestrians
Event riders
Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Buren
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch people
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