Jan "Loep" de Looper (2 May 1914 – 23 June 1987) was a Dutch

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was born and died in

Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ...

. He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as goalkeeper. His older brother Henk de Looper was his teammate.

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1914 births 1987 deaths Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Hilversum Field hockey players from North Holland Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub