Nicolaas Bernard "Nico" Spits (born 7 September 1943) is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

and finished in seventh and fourth place, respectively. In 1972, he played alongside his younger brother, Frans Spits. He was the Olympic flag bearer for the Netherlands in 1972. Together with his brother he was part of the Dutch team that won the

1973 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup was the second installment of the Hockey World Cup. It was held from 24 August to 2 September at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The tournament was won by host nation the Netherlands, who defeated ...

. He is the chairman of ''Orange All Stars'', a club of the former international Dutch athletes who play semiprofessional golf.

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* 1943 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amstelveen Field hockey players from North Holland {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub