Misha Jonas Emanuel Latuhihin (born 26 December 1970 in Nijmegen,

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) is a retired

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the

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under the guidance of coach

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. There he was the stand-in for

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in the Dutch National Volleyball Team that won the gold medal by defeating rivals

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in the final (3-2).

References

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Dutch Olympic Committee

1970 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball players Dutch people of Indonesian descent Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Nijmegen Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub