Jacob "Jaap" Rijks (25 August 1919 – 11 February 2017) was a Dutch

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

who competed for his home nation in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

in London. He was born in

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

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1919 births 2017 deaths Dutch male equestrians Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nijmegen Equestrians from Gelderland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub