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{{Short description|Dutch sprinter and WW2 collaborator (1916–2002)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Tinus Osendarp
| image          = Tinus Osendarp.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Tinus Osendarp in 1936
| birth_name     = 
| fullname       = Martinus Bernardus Osendarp
| nationality    = 
| birth_date     = 21 May 1916
| birth_place    = [[Delft]], Netherlands
| death_date     = 20 June 2002 (aged 86)
| death_place    = [[Heerlen]], Netherlands
| height         = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| country        = 
| sport          = Sprint running
| club           = De Trekvogels, Den Haag
| retired        = 
| olympics       = 
| highestranking = 
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry |the {{NED}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 1936 Berlin | [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{MedalEuropeanChampionships}}
{{MedalGold|[[1938 European Athletics Championships|1938 Paris]]|[[1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|1938 Paris|[[1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1934 European Athletics Championships|1934 Turin]]|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|1934 Turin|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}}
}}

'''Martinus Bernardus''' "'''Tinus'''" '''Osendarp''' ({{IPA|nl|mɑrˈtinʏz bɛrˈnɑrdʏs ˈtinʏs ˈoːsə(n)ˌdɑr(ə)p|lang}}; 21 May 1916 – 20 June 2002) was a Dutch sprint runner.

==Sporting career==
Osendarp was a football player and started training in sprint for fun. His first international success came at the 1934 European Championships where he won bronze medals in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay. 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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19350715/314/0017 |title=Why Lovelock lost his title |work=Daily Herald |date=15 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}</ref> The following July he won the 100 yards event at the [[1936 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

He won another two bronze medals at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin, in the [[100 metres|100 m]] and [[200 metres|200 m]] sprint events. The games were held in [[Nazi Germany]] and Osendarp gained some fame as the fastest white sprinter behind the black Americans. A possible third medal was lost when Osendarp dropped the baton in the final of the 4 × 100 m relay while fighting for second place. Contested on the second day of the games, drenching rain made the track soggy and slow for the running of the 100 metre dash semi-finals. Despite the unfavorable conditions Osendarp still managed a time of 10.6 s, right behind American [[Ralph Metcalfe]]. In the 100 metres final he ran 10.5 s, behind Americans [[Jesse Owens]] 10.3 s, and Ralph Metcalfe 10.4 s.<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091105/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/os/tinus-osendarp-1.html Tinus Osendarp]. [[Sports-Reference.com]]</ref> Upon his return home Osendarp was called "the best white sprinter" by the Dutch press.<ref>''[[Algemeen Handelsblad]]'' 6 August 1936</ref>

The basis for his future involvement in [[National Socialism]] was laid in Berlin, where he first came under the influence of [[SS]] propaganda.<ref>G. E. Murray (2003) ''The Nazi Olympics: New Perspectives: Sport, Politics and Appeasement in the 1930s (Sport and Society)'', Univ of Illinois Press, p. 221, {{ISBN|0252028155}}</ref>

In 1938 Osendarp won two European titles in the 100 m and 200 m, equalling the 1934 performance of his compatriot [[Chris Berger]]. He also won another British AAA title at the [[1938 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19380716/152/0005 |title=Italian wins six-mile title |work=Western Mail |date=16 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19380718/127/0004 |title=AAA Championships |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=18 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref>

==Later life==
When [[Germany occupied the Netherlands]] in 1940, Osendarp was working as a police officer in The Hague. He subsequently joined the Dutch national socialist [[Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging|NSB]] party in 1941 and the volunteer SS in 1943 as part of the ''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD). During this period, Osendarp helped arrest several members of the Dutch resistance and helped in the [[The Holocaust in the Netherlands|deportation of Dutch Jews]].<ref name="r1" /><ref>David Clay Large (2007) ''Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936'', W. W. Norton & Company, p. 238, {{ISBN|0-393-05884-0}}</ref>

In 1948, Osendarp was sentenced to 12 years in jail for acts he committed during the war. He was moved to [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]] to work in the coal mines and released early in 1953. In 1958 he also became athletics coach at ''Kimbria'' in [[Maastricht]], and from 1972 he was a coach at ''Achilles-Top'' in [[Kerkrade]]. He died in 2002 at the age of 86 in [[Heerlen]].<ref name="r1" />

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{NED}}
|-
|1934
|[[1934 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Turin]], Italy
|5th
|100 m
|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.9]]
|-
|1934
|[[1934 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Turin]], Italy
|3rd
|200 m
|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.6]]
|-
|1934
|[[1934 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Turin]], Italy
|3rd
|4 × 100 m
|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.6]]
|-
|1936
|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|Olympics]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|3rd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.5]]
|-
|1936
|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|Olympics]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|3rd
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|21.3]]
|}

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