Lambertus "Ben" Gerhardus Kniest (27 August 1927 – 18 July 1992) was a
water polo player from the
Netherlands, who competed at the
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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and
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
; in both games he finished in eighth position with the Dutch team.
Ben Kniest
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See also
* Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ...
References
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1927 births
1992 deaths
Sportspeople from Arnhem
Dutch male water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands
Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch people
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