Bernard "Berend" Carp (17 April 1901, Sragi,

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– 22 July 1966,

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) was an Olympic

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the

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. With helmsman and brother

Joop Carp Johan Robert "Joop" Carp (30 January 1897 in Tjomal, Dutch East Indies – 25 March 1962 in Johannesburg) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium. With crew Bernard C ...

and fellow crew member Petrus Wernink, sailing the Dutch boat ''Oranje'', Carp took the Gold in the 6.5 Metre.

Professional life

In 1922, Carp started at the de n.v. Erven Lucas Bols in

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. He advanced his career up to director in 1936. In 1946, he moved to

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to lead a distillery of Lucas Bols.

Personal life

Carp financed several

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expeditions during the 1950s is Southern Africa (

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). He published the story of these expeditions in his book ''I Chose Africa''.

Publications by Berend Carp

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carp, Bernard 1901 births 1966 deaths People from Lampung Dutch male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6.5 Metre Olympic sailors for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies 20th-century Dutch sportsmen