Gerard de Kruijff

Gerard Pieter de Kruijff ( Neighbors , January 27 1890 - Deventer , October 16 1968 ) was a Dutch rider .

He was twice Olympic champion with the Dutch team in the military . On Addio he won in 1924 gold. His best performance in the Nations Cup was a sixth place during the part dressage . In the individual competition was De Kruijff 13th. At the time of the Games of Paris, he was a lieutenant in the cavalry . Under the regulations of the time, participation in the equestrian parts Olympics reserved for army officers.

Four years later, during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Dutch team's extended its title. The Kruijff, Adolph van der Voort van Zijp and Charles Pahud de Mortanges were the first Dutch Olympians who succeeded. In the individual competition, De Kruijff after dressage in the lead. During the endurance test he had to give it to the Mortanges Pahud, which no longer ceded in the horse show . The Kruijff finished second in the final standings.

In Amsterdam, he also participated in the show jumping. The Dutch team he took 10th place in the individual race and he was 27th.