Pierre Versteegh
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| Men’s Equestrian
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1928 Amsterdam | Team dressage
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Pierre Marie Robert Versteegh (June 6, 1888 in Kedoeng Banteng, Sragen, Dutch East Indies – May 3, 1942 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In the
Eight years later he finished fifth with the Dutch team in the
The Kdo Oranienburg executed him by firing squad.[1] Versteegh is one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the Dutch Cross of Resistance after World War II.
References
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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