Pieter ("Piet") Lodewijk Ooms (11 December 1884,

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– 14 February 1961, Amsterdam) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer and

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player who competed in the

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. He participated in the 1500 metre freestyle competition, but was eliminated in the first round. Also he was part of the Dutch water polo team, which finished fourth in the 1908 tournament.

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Piet Ooms
at Sports-reference.com 1884 births 1961 deaths Dutch male freestyle swimmers Dutch male water polo players Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Olympic water polo players of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub