Jaap van der Poll
{{Short description|Dutch javelin thrower}}
{{family name hatnote|van der Poll|Poll|lang=Dutch}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jaap van der Poll
| image = Jaap van der Poll.jpg
| nationality = Dutch
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1914|5|1|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|2|1|1914|5|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Castricum, Netherlands
| sport = Athletics
| event = javelin
| club = AV '23 Amsterdam
| spouse =
| children = 6
}}
Johan Frederik van der Poll (1 May 1914 – 1 February 2010) was a Dutch javelin thrower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73891 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=16 January 2025}}
Biography
Van der Poll finished third behind Lennart Atterwall in the javelin throw event at the British 1935 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19350713/349/0018 |title=AAA titles |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19350713/216/0008 |title=Lovelock Beaten in Mile |work=Sports Argus |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }} and won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1936 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19360711/173/0006 |title=AAA Championships begin |work=Western Mail |date=11 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360713/473/0017 |title=Wooderson wins again |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=16 January 2025 }}
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he threw in the first round, but had to withdraw due to kidney stones. He commented on his Olympic appearance saying "I felt flattered that I was allowed into the Olympic Games. I was in my eyes only just started with that sport. My friends also said: Go! I made a sporting choice. When I returned I was again welcome to my Jewish friends. That was a comfort to me".
After the Games, Van der Poll left to work in the Dutch West Indies and was later held as a Prisoner of War in Japan. He died on 1 February 2010.[http://www.sport.nl/nieuws/4878/Speerwerper_Van_der_Poll_overleden.html Speerwerper Van der Poll overleden]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Sport.nl (Dutch)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414220449/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/jaap-van-der-poll-1.html Jaap van der Poll's profile at Sports Reference.com]
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Category:Dutch male javelin throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
Category:Dutch prisoners of war in World War II
Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
Category:Athletes from Amsterdam
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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