- Piet Ruimers
Petrus Adrianus Antonius ("Piet") Ruimers (
October 21 ,1884 –April 6 ,1945 ) was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the1908 Summer Olympics .He was born in
Rotterdam and died inTexel during theGeorgian Uprising of Texel .In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round of the 3500 metre walk competition as well as of the 10 mile walk event.
External links
* [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath05nlm.html list of Dutch athletes]
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