Richard Schoemaker
 Prof. ir. R.L.A. Schoemaker | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1886 Roermond, Netherlands |
| Died | 3 May 1942 (aged 55) Sachsenhausen, Germany |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Richard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker (5 October 1886 – 3 May 1942) was a Dutch Olympic fencer, engineer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, professor of architecture at Bandung Institute of Technology and Delft University of Technology, and leader of a resistance group during World War II, for which he was executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.[1][2]
He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[3] He was one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the Dutch Cross of Resistance.[4] The street forming the eastern border of the Delft University campus is named Schoemakerstraat after him.[5]
References
- ^ Bijkerk, Tony (Autumn 1994). "Just a Name". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 2 (3): 27–29. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Richard Schoemaker". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Richard Schoemaker Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Erik Müller, Schoemaker, prof. ir. Richard Leonard Arnold at onderscheidingen.nl
- ^ René & Peter van der Krogt, Schoemakerstraat at stratenvandelft.nl
External links
- Richard Schoemaker at Olympedia