Raylinos Joaquin 'Reily' Legito (born July 26, 1978) is a retired Dutch

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player. Legito, a right-handed

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, represented the

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at the

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where he and his team became fifth. Four years later at the

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they were sixth. Legito played his last game on 8 October 2016, winning his ninth championship with DOOR Neptunus.

References

External links

Legito at the Dutch Olympic Archive
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