Reindert "Rein" Berend Jan de Waal (24 November 1904,

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– 31 May 1985, Amsterdam) was a Dutch

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

player who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. In 1928 he was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all four matches as back. Eight years later he won the bronze medal with the Dutch team. He played all five matchers as back.

External links

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Rein de Waal at databaseOlympics.com
1904 births 1985 deaths Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Field hockey players from Amsterdam Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub