Jan Marcus Posthuma (born 11 June 1963 in
Dokkum,
Friesland) is a retired
volleyball player from the
Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, starting in
1988
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in
Seoul, South Korea.
After having won the silver medal in 1992, Posthuma won the gold medal in
Atlanta, Georgia (1996) with the Dutch Men's Volleyball National Team by defeating
Italy in the final (3-2).
Individual awards
* ''
1992 FIVB World League "Best Digger"''
References
*
Dutch Olympic Committee
1963 births
Living people
Dutch men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in volleyball
People from Dokkum
Sportspeople from Friesland
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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