Hendrik Willem "Henk" Hermsen (29 August 1937 – 9 April 2022)
[Henk Hermsen's obituary](_blank)
was a
water polo
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player from the
Netherlands
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, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country. In
1960
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Events January
* Janu ...
he finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team. Four years later in
Tokyo
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, he once again came in eighth with the Holland squad. He was born in
Hilversum
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. Two of his brothers,
André
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and
Wim
Wim is a Dutch masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and may refer to:
* Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer
* Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician
* Wim Arras (born 1964), Flemish Belgian cyclist
* Wim Blockman ...
, also played water polo for the national team.
See also
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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
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Dutch Olympic Committee
1937 births
2022 deaths
Sportspeople from Hilversum
Dutch male water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands
Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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