Rudolf "Ruud" Frederik Otto van Feggelen (14 April 1924 – 9 August 2002) was a Dutch
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
competitor and coach.
History
He won a European title in 1950 and was the best Dutch player at the
1948
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1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
, scoring 16 goals in 1948 and 18 goals in 1952; his teams placed third and fifth, respectively.
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''Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports''. Retrieved 2019-04-16. After retirement, he coached the national team between 1962 and 1966. In his honor, the ''Ruud van Feggelen-Award'' was established to distinguish the water polo player of the year in the Netherlands.
h2opolo.be
Van Feggelen was born to Ms. I. van Feggelen-Hogendijken and Mr. G.J.M. van Feggelen; his elder sister
Iet van Feggelen was an international swimmer.
[Iet van Feggelen]
zwemmenindepolder.nl Feggelen got married on 20 October 1949.
Huwelijk waterpolospeler Rudi van Feggelen
Dutch National Archives (20 October 1949)
See also
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* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ...
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
This is a list of top goalscorers in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
Abbreviations
Overall top goalscorers
As of 2016, 57 male players have scored 30 or more goals at the Summer Olympics.
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References
External links
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1924 births
2002 deaths
Dutch male water polo players
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands in water polo
Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Water polo players from Amsterdam
Dutch water polo coaches
20th-century Dutch people
Olympic water polo coaches
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