Tinus Osendarp

Martinus Bernardus ( Tinus ) Osendarp ( born May 21, 1916 in Delft, † June 20, 2002 in Heerlen ) was a Dutch athlete and Olympian.

Osendarp won at the XI. 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the bronze medal in the 100 -meter run behind the two Americans Jesse Owens ( gold) and Ralph Metcalfe ( silver) and bronze in the 200 -meter run back behind Jesse Owens (Gold) and the U.S. Americans Mack Robinson ( silver). Another possible medal he gave away the 4 x 100 - meter relay, as he lying in second place, at the handover lost the rod.

Two more gold medals he won at the European Championships in 1938, respectively 100 and 200 meters gold medal at the European Championships in 1934 two bronze medals (100 meters, 4 x 100 - meter relay ).

As a police officer he was during the occupation of the Netherlands by the German military during World War II member of the German Secret Service and later the Dutch National Socialist Party and the SS in 1948, he was convicted as a war criminal in 1952 and left again in freedom. After his release, he moved to Limburg and worked as a miner in the coal mines.

Athletics (sport) Mack Robinson (athlete) 4 × 100 metres relay 1938 European Athletics Championships 1934 European Athletics Championships National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands Limburg (Netherlands) John Archer (athlete) Armin Hary Claude Piquemal Frank Emmelmann Linford Christie Darren Campbell Francis Obikwelu Christophe Lemaitre Brian Shenton Manfred Germar Owe Jonsson Philippe Clerc Olaf Prenzler John Regis (athlete) Geir Moen Douglas Walker (athlete) Churandy Martina
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