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 in London. He was born in

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

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1919 births 2017 deaths Dutch male equestrians Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nijmegen {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub