Olympic gold medallists Fanny Blankers-Koen, Inge de Bruijn, Leontien van Moorsel, Yvonne van Gennip, Ard Schenk, Jochem Uytdehaage, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Gianni Romme, Marianne Timmer, Wim Ruska, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Adolph van der Voort van Zijp represented which country?
Adolph van der Voort van Zijp would be promoted to Inspector of the Cavalry. In the 1924 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the individual three-day event as well as in the team three-day event. Four years later he again won the gold medal in the team three-day event and placed fourth in the individual three-day event. His compatriot Charles Pahud de Mortanges was awarded the gold medal in the latter case. In May 1940 Van der Voort van Zijp fought valiantly at the bloody battle of the Grebbeberg. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, he was imprisoned with other notables as a
Adolph van der Voort van Zijp prisoner of war in Germany. Adolph van der Voort van Zijp died in Monaco on 8 March 1978. Adolph van der Voort van Zijp Adolph Dirk Coenraad van der Voort van Zijp (1 September 1892 in Klambir Lima, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies – 8 March 1978 in Monaco) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Born into a Dutch patrician family, he was first and foremost a military man, and like the other members of his Olympic team he served in the Dutch armed forces. At the Olympics