Tjapko van Bergen

Tjapko van Bergen

Van Bergen and Dusseldorp capsize in the 1928 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1903-03-26)26 March 1903 Heiligerlee, Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died	2 February 1944(1944-02-02) (aged 40) Krakolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
Military career
Allegiance	Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Service years	194?–1944
Rank	Rottenführer
Conflicts	World War II Eastern Front †
Sport
Sport	Rowing

Tjapko Antoon van Bergen (March 26, 1903 – February 2, 1944) was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the men's coxed pair with Cornelis Dusseldorp; their boat capsized in the first round and they did not finish.^[1]

Van Bergen became a member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), the fascist and later Nazi organization that collaborated with the German occupier during World War II. He joined the Waffen-SS and attained the rank of Rottenführer; he died near Narva, in Estonia, on the Eastern Front.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

References

1. "Tjapko van Bergen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
2. "Death notice". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 6 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
3. "Death notice". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 13 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
4. "Death notice". Het nationale dagblad. 8 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
5. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
6. McCrery, Nigel (2021). The Undying Flame: Olympians Who Perished in the Second World War. Pen and Sword Military. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-1526740656.