Gerard van den Bergh
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| Full name | Gerard Anne van den Bergh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1882 The Hague, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 1949 (aged 66) The Hague, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oranje Nassau, The Hague | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerard Anne van den Bergh (19 November 1882 – 22 October 1949) was a Dutch sports shooter and shooting sport administrator. He was a member of shooting club Oranje Nassau from The Hague. He had an international career of over two decades, then transitioned into a career as sport shooting administrator.
He won during the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris the boys 200 meter rifle event. This achievement is recognized by the Dutch Olympic Committee, but he is not recognized by the IOC as an official Olympic champion; which is as of 2024 still under discussion.
He won the silver medal at the World Shooting Championships at the 1911 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 1912 World Championships. He competed at a range of international other tournaments, including the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics.
He became during his career multiple times national champion and national shooting master.
After the former international governing shooting body was discontinued in 1916, he was the co-founder of the Union Internationale de Tir (nowadays called International Shooting Sport Federation) after World War I.
He held multiple shooting administration functions, including the president of the Royal Association of Dutch Marksmen (nowadays called Royal Dutch Shooting Sport Association) where he has been credited for his impact in the shooting sport. He is credited for the success and organizing the shooting tournament during to the 1928 Summer Olympics where shooting was not included, and is regarded as a main moment in the 50-year history of the Royal Dutch Shooting Federation. After the tournament a successful propasal was sent for re-inclusion of shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics.