August Kop

{{short description|Dutch field hockey player}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey}}

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August Johannes Kop (May 5, 1904, in Purmerend – April 30, 1945, in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all four matches as forward.

He died in the Japanese concentration camp at Pakan Baroe building the Sumatra Railway.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}