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Jan Marcus Posthuma (born 11 June 1963 in Dokkum, Friesland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive
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, starting in
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in Seoul, South Korea. After having won the silver medal in 1992, Posthuma won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia (1996) with the Dutch Men's Volleyball National Team by defeating Italy in the final (3-2).


Individual awards

* '' 1992 FIVB World League "Best Digger"''


References

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Dutch Olympic Committee

1963 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in volleyball People from Dokkum Sportspeople from Friesland Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-volleyball-bio-stub