Piet Ruimers
Petrus Adrianus Antonius ("Piet") Ruimers (21 October 1884 – 6 April 1945) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was born in Rotterdam and died in Texel during the Georgian Uprising of Texel.[2] He and thirteen other civilians were chosen randomly and executed by German forces as reprisal for the uprising.[3]
In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round of the 3500 metre walk competition as well as of the 10 mile walk event.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Piet Ruimers". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lee, Eric (2020). Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler's Revenge, April–May 1945. Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-78438-468-5.
- ^ "Piet Ruimers". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
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