Johannes van der Vegte explained

Johannes van der Vegte
Birth Name:	Johannes Albertinus van der Vegte
Birth Date:	16 December 1892
Birth Place:	Gendringen, Netherlands
Death Place:	Medan, Dutch East Indies
Sport:	Rowing
Club:	Laga, Delft

Johannes Albertinus van der Vegte (16 December 1892 – 15 March 1945) was a Dutch rower.^[1] He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp with the men's eight where they were eliminated in round one.^{[2] [3]} During WWII, he was a prisoner of war and died in the Japanese camp Soengei Sengkol in Medan, Indonesia on 15 March 1945.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johannes van der Vegte . Olympedia . 28 August 2021.
2. Web site: Johannes van der Vegte . . 1 July 2018.
3. Johannes van der Vegte . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112207/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/johannes-van-der-vegte-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 1 July 2018 .
4. Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 July 2018 .