Anton "Ton" Gerrit Jan Buunk (born 18 September 1952) is a retired
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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water polo
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player. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1976, placing sixth-seventh on other occasions. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of the Netherlands at the
opening ceremony
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of the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles
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flag bearer
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at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.Netherlands Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011. On 14 December 1979 he married Vera Renema.
See also
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Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Netherlands men's national water polo team has participated in 17 of 27 official men's water po ...
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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 ...
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List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
This is a list of male players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least three or four Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
Abbreviations
Overall multi-time Olympians
As of the 2020 Sum ...