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Tinus Osendarp

Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter and police officer (died 2002)

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Born
May 21, 1916
Died
June 20, 2002
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1916

About Tinus Osendarp

Martinus Bernardus "Tinus" Osendarp was a Dutch sprint runner. Osendarp won the British AAA Championships title in the 220 yards event and finished second behind Arthur Sweeney in the 100 yards event at the 1935 AAA Championships. His first international success came at the 1934 European Championships where he won bronze medals in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay. The following July he won the 100 yards event at the 1936 AAA Championships. He won another two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, in the 100 m and 200 m sprint events.

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Tinus Osendarp timeline

  1. His first international success came at the 1934 European Championships where he won bronze medals in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay.
  2. Osendarp won the British AAA Championships title in the 220 yards event and finished second behind Arthur Sweeney in the 100 yards event at the 1935 AAA Championships.
  3. The following July he won the 100 yards event at the 1936 AAA Championships.
  4. He won another two bronze medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, in the 100 m and 200 m sprint events.

The world when Tinus Osendarp was born

Tinus Osendarp was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tinus Osendarp's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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