Sport Horse riding Name Aernout Lennep | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 23 February 1898 Den Helder, the Netherlands Died December 17, 1974, The Hague, Netherlands | ||
Aernout van Lennep (23 February 1898 – 17 December 1974) was a Dutch horse rider. He competed in eventing at the 1932 Summer Olympics and won a team silver medal, finishing ninth individually.
Van Lennep was a career artillery officer, and won the Dutch military championships in 1931. He was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II, and later became a lieutenant colonel in the 1950s.
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