Gerard Willem le Heux (May 7, 1885 in

Deventer Deventer (; Sallaans dialect, Sallands: ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Salland historical region of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel, ...

– June 8, 1973 in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

) was a Dutch

horse rider The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million ...

who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In the

he won the bronze medal in the team dressage with his horse ''Valérine'' after finishing twelfth in the individual dressage. Eight years later he finished fifth with the Dutch team in the team dressage and placed nineteenth in the individual dressage.

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1885 births 1973 deaths Dutch dressage riders Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Dutch male equestrians Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Deventer Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub