Tjapko van Bergen

Tjapko Antoon van Bergen (March 26, 1903 in Heiligerlee, Groningen – February 2, 1944 in Krakolye, Leningrad, Russia) was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the men's coxed pair with Cornelis Dusseldorp; their boat capsized in the first round and they did not finish.[1]

Van Bergen and Dusseldorp capsize in the 1928 Olympics

Van Bergen became a member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), the fascist and later national-socialist organization that collaborated with the German occupier during World War II. He joined the SS and attained the rank of Rottenführer; he died near Narva, in Estonia, on the Eastern Front.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Tjapko van Bergen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. "Death notice". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 6 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "Death notice". Het nationale dagblad. 8 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. "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.


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