Martinus Osendarp
Martinus Bernardus (Tinus) Osendarp (born May 21, 1916 in Delft , † June 20, 2002 in Heerlen ) was a Dutch athlete and Olympian.
Life
Osendarp won the XI. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the bronze medal in the 100-meter run behind the two Americans Jesse Owens (gold) and Ralph Metcalfe (silver) and the bronze medal in the 200-meter run again behind Jesse Owens (gold) and the US American Mack Robinson (silver). He gave away another possible medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay race when he was in second place and lost the baton at the handover.
He won two more gold medals at the European Championships in 1938 over 100 and 200 meters, and two bronze medals at the European Championships in 1934 (100 meters, 4 x 100 meters relay).
As a police officer, he became a member of the German secret service and later of the Dutch National Socialist Party and the SS during the occupation of the Netherlands by the German military in World War II . In 1948 he was convicted as a war criminal and released again in 1952. After his release he moved to Limburg and worked as a miner in the coal mines.
Web links
- Martinus Osendarp in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Osendarp, Martinus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Osendarp, Martinus Bernardus (full name); Osendarp, Tinus (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch athlete, policeman and war criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delft |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2002 |
| Place of death | Heerlen |