{{Short description|Dutch sailor (1897–1962)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Joop Carp | image = J._R._Carp.jpg | image_size = | caption = Carp in 1920 | birth_name = | fullname = Johan Robert Carp | nickname = | nationality = Dutch | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|01|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Central Java|Tjomal]], [[Dutch East Indies]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|03|25|1897|01|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Johannesburg]], [[Gauteng]], [[South Africa]] | height = | weight = | retired = | classes = [[6.5 Metre (keelboat)|6.5 Metre]]; [[6 Metre]] | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6.5 Metre|6.5 Metre]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre|6 Metre]]}} | show-medals = yes | updated = 2013-12-25 }}
'''Johan Robert "Joop" Carp''' (30 January 1897 in [[Pemalang Regency|Tjomal]], [[Dutch East Indies]] – 25 March 1962 in [[Johannesburg]]) was a [[sailing (sport)|sailor]] from the [[Netherlands]], who represented his native country at the [[Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6.5 Metre|1920 Summer Olympics]] in [[Ostend]], [[Belgium]]. With crew [[Bernard Carp]] and [[Petrus Wernink]], helming Dutch boat ''Oranje'', Carp took the Gold in the [[6.5 Metre (keelboat)|6.5 Metre]]. In the [[Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics (6 metre class)|1924 Olympics]] Carp took part of the competition in the [[6 Metre]] with the Dutch boat ''Willem Six'' with crew members [[Anthonij Guépin]] and [[Jan Vreede]] Carp took this time the bronze medal. In the [[Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre|1936 Olympics]] Carp returned to the Olympics as helmsman of the Dutch [[6 Metre]] ''De Ruyter'' this time with crew members [[Ansco Dokkum]], [[Kees Jonker]], [[Herman Looman]], [[Ernst Moltzer]] and finished eighth overall.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61561 | title = Joop Carp | work = Olympedia | access-date = 30 August 2021 }}</ref>
==Professional life== Joop Carp studied law at the [[Leiden University]]. He graduated in 1921. Shortly after that he became vice-president of [[Fokker|Fokker Aircraft]]. Here he was involved in the development of the first large commercial aircraft.
Later Carp became more involved with the exploitation of important inventions like the 'Oertz-rudder', de 'Frigoplate' en de 'Frost-O-Matic Ice Cream Vending Machine'. In 1926 he opened his own office in [[New York City]]. Later he emigrated to [[South Africa]].
==Personal life== Carp married, and divorced, Johanna Sybille Hall who was also an Olympic athlete in [[Dressage]] during the Olympic Games of [[Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]], [[Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and [[Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]].
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==Sources== *{{cite Sports-Reference | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/joop-carp-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/joop-carp-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2020-04-18 | title = Joop Carp | accessdate = 2014-01-08 }} *{{cite web | url = http://home.scarlet.be/~fhermans/antwerpen1920/carprobert.html | title = Antwerp Olympics | publisher = home.scarlet.be/~fhermans | accessdate = 2014-01-08 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131227001943/http://home.scarlet.be/~fhermans/antwerpen1920/carprobert.html | archivedate = 2013-12-27 }} * {{cite web | url = http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222419/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-09-27 | title = Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report | year = 1957 | accessdate = 2014-01-22 }} * {{cite journal |title= Het Duitsland can Adolf Hitler liet jeneverstoker Bols weer bloeien. |last1= Hendriksma |first1= Martin |year= 2024 |format= hardcopy text |journal= NRC |type= Dutch Daily newspaper |language= Dutch |publication-date= 18 February 2024 |pages= E16 - E18 |url=https://www.nrc.nl/}} * {{cite web |url = http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |title = Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924:rapport official |publisher = Comité Olympique Français |year = 1924 |location = Paris: Librairie de France |language = French |accessdate = 2014-01-22 |archive-date = 21 April 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130421103801/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |url-status = dead }} * {{cite web | url = http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v1sum.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070709225928/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v1sum.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-07-09 | title = The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume I | publisher = the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V. | location = Berlin | year = 1936 | accessdate = 2014-01-23 }} * {{cite web | url = http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v2sum.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070709225735/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v2sum.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-07-09 | title = The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume II | publisher = the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V. | location = Berlin | year = 1936 | accessdate = 2014-01-23 }}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=NEDJC2|www=johan-robert-carp|name=Johan Robert Carp}} * {{Olympics.com profile|johan-robbert-carp|Johan Robert Carp}} * {{Olympedia}}
{{1920DutchOlympicSailingTeam}} {{1924DutchOlympicSailingTeam}} {{1936DutchOlympicSailingTeam}}
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