Martinus ("Mart") Rokes Bras (born 8 August 1950) is a former

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player from

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, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the

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. Later on Bras became an international water polo

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References

Dutch Olympic Committee

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* 1950 births Living people Dutch male water polo players Dutch water polo officials Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rotterdam Water polo players from South Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub