Nicolaas ("Moos") Linneman (June 11, 1931 – October 31, 2020) was a

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from the Netherlands, who competed at two consecutive

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for his native country. First in London (1948), then four years later in Helsinki, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Welterweight (-67 kg) division by

Günther Heidemann Günther Heidemann (October 21, 1932 – March 15, 2010) was a boxer from Germany. He was born in Berlin. He competed for Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the welterweight event, where he finished in thi ...

of Germany. He was born in Amsterdam,

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

References

Dutch Olympic CommitteeMoos Linneman's obituary
1931 births 2020 deaths Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for the Netherlands Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Boxers from Amsterdam Dutch male boxers {{Netherlands-boxing-bio-stub