Johannes Albertinus van der Vegte (16 December 1892 – 15 March 1945) was a Dutch rower.[1] He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp with the men's eight where they were eliminated in round one.[2][3] During WWII, he was a prisoner of war and died in the Japanese camp Soengei Sengkol in Medan, Indonesia on 15 March 1945.[4]
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Birth name | Johannes Albertinus van der Vegte | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Gendringen, Netherlands | 16 December 1892|||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 March 1945 Medan, Dutch East Indies | (aged 52)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Laga, Delft | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Johannes van der Vegte". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Johannes van der Vegte". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Johannes van der Vegte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2018.