Pierre Marie Robert Versteegh (June 6, 1888 in Kedoeng Banteng, Sragen, Dutch East Indies – May 3, 1942 in

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoner ...

) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

and 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- ...

. In the

he won the bronze medal in the team dressage with his horse ''His Excellence'' after finishing ninth in the individual dressage. Eight years later he finished fifth with the Dutch team in the team dressage and placed eighth in the individual dressage. The Kdo Oranienburg executed him by firing squad. Versteegh is one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the

Dutch Cross of Resistance The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: ''Cross of Resistance 1940–1945'') is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded in recognition of the individual courage shown in resistance against the ...

after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

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1888 births 1942 deaths People from Sragen Regency Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie Royal Netherlands Army officers Dutch dressage riders Dutch male equestrians Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic equestrians for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in equestrian Dutch civilians killed in World War II People who died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp Dutch people executed in Nazi concentration camps People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad Recipients of the Dutch Cross of Resistance Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-equestrian-bio-stub