Johan Jacob Greter (25 October 1900 in
Amsterdam
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– 29 January 1975 in
Ede) was a Dutch
equestrian
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Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
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*Equestrian sports
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who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
. In 1936 he and his horse ''Ernica'' won the silver medal as part of the Dutch
show jumping
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team, after finishing sixth in the
individual jumping competition.
Greter fought at the
Grebbeberg
The Grebbeberg is a 52-meter high hill located east of Rhenen, Netherlands in the province of Utrecht. It forms the southeastern tip of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a moraine. Due to its strategic location with a view of the Lower Rhine and the Bet ...
on 12 May 1940. In 1942 he was taken prisoner. He escaped by jumping off the train and reached England, where he joined the RAF. He was awarded the
Dutch Bronze Cross in 1944 and 1947.
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1900 births
1975 deaths
Dutch show jumping riders
Olympic equestrians of the Netherlands
Dutch male equestrians
Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Amsterdam
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
20th-century Dutch people
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