Jack Oosterlaak

{{short description|South African sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use South African English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jack Oosterlaak | image = | caption = | birth_date = 15 January 1896 | birth_place = [[Wellington, South Africa|Wellington]], [[Cape Colony]] | death_date = 5 June 1968 (aged 72) | death_place = [[Pretoria]], [[Transvaal (province)|Transvaal]], [[South Africa]] | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry| {{flag|South Africa|1910}} }} {{MedalSilver| [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metre relay]]}} }}

'''Justus Kinloch Ayres Oosterlaak''' also known as '''Jack Oosterlaak''' (15 January 1896 – 5 June 1968), was a South African athlete who competed in the [[1920 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75304 |title=Jack Oosterlaak |work=Olympedia |access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref>

== Career == Oosterlaak finished third behind [[Harry Edward]] in the 100 yards event at the British [[1920 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19200704/166/0010 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=4 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19200705/204/0009 |title=Athletics |work=Newcastle Journal |date=5 July 1920 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 November 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=22 November 2024 }}</ref>

The following month at the 1920 Olympic Games held in [[Antwerp]], Belgium, he competed in the 4 x 400-metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates [[Harry Davel]], [[Clarence Oldfield]] and [[Bevil Rudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oo/jack-oosterlaak-1.html |title=Jack Oosterlaak Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2010-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024162450/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oo/jack-oosterlaak-1.html |archive-date=24 October 2012 }}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *{{olympics.com}}

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