Adolph van der Voort van Zijp

Adolph van der Voort van Zijp
Medal record
Men’s equestrian
Competitor for the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold 1924 Paris Individual three-day event
Gold 1924 Paris Team three-day event
Gold 1928 Amsterdam Team three-day event

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 of 1924 first Olympic games he was a lieutenant in the Second Regiment of the Huzares. Eventually he 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 Grebbeberg. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, he was imprisoned with other notables as a prisoner of war in Germany. Adolph van der Voort van Zijp died in Monaco on 8 March 1978.

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v · d · eOlympic Equestrian Champions in Individual Eventing

1912: Axel Nordlander (SWE) • 1920: Helmer Mörner (SWE) • 1924: Adolph van der Voort van Zijp (NED) • 1928 – 1932: Charles Pahud de Mortanges (NED) • 1936: Ludwig Stubbendorf (GER) • 1948: Bernard Chevallier (FRA) • 1952: Hans von Blixen-Finecke, Jr. (SWE) • 1956: Petrus Kastenman (SWE) • 1960: Lawrence Morgan (AUS) • 1964: Mauro Checcoli (ITA) • 1968: Jean-Jacques Guyon (FRA) • 1972: Richard Meade (GBR) • 1976: Edmund Coffin (USA) • 1980: Federico Euro Roman (ITA) • 1984 – 1988: Mark Todd (NZL) • 1992: Matthew Ryan (AUS) • 1996: Blyth Tait (NZL) • 2000: David O'Connor (USA) • 2004: Leslie Law (GBR) • 2008: Hinrich Romeike (GER)
v · d · eOlympic Equestrian Champions in Team Eventing

1912: Sweden (Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Horn af Åminne) • 1920: Sweden (Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch) • 1924: Netherlands (van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander) • 1928: Netherlands (de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp) • 1932: United States (Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo) • 1936: Germany (Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim) • 1948: United States (Henry, Anderson, Thomson) • 1952: Sweden (von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén) • 1956: Great Britain (Weldon, Rook, Hill) • 1960: Australia (Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft) • 1964: Italy (Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano) • 1968: Great Britain (Allhusen, Meade, Jones) • 1972: Great Britain (Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips) • 1976: United States (Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey) • 1980: Soviet Union (Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin) • 1984: United States (Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson) • 1988: West Germany (Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink) • 1992: Australia (Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan) • 1996: Australia (Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton) • 2000: Australia (Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan) • 2004: France (Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint) • 2008: Germany (Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike)



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