Adolf van der Voort van Zijp

Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1 September 1892 in Klambir Lima, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies – 8 March 1978 in Monaco) was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

[1] Born into a Dutch patrician family, he was first and foremost a military man, and like the other members of his Olympic team he served in the Dutch armed forces.

His compatriot Charles Pahud de Mortanges was awarded the gold medal in the latter case.

After the German invasion of the Netherlands, he was imprisoned with other notables as a prisoner of war in Germany.

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