Herman Alex Veenstra (11 October 1911 in
Poerworedjo,
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...
– 23 April 2004 in
Diemen
Diemen () is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality with a population of in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Amsterdam's Amsterdam ...
) was a Dutch
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
. He was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the
1936 tournament. He played five matches as goalkeeper.
See also
*
*
List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ...
References
External links
*
1911 births
2004 deaths
Dutch male water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands
People from Purworejo Regency
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
{{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub