Antonius "Ton" Maria Richter (November 16, 1919,

Blaricum Blaricum () is a municipality and village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. It is part of the region of Gooiland and part of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (Metropoolregio Amsterdam). It is known for its many monumental farm buil ...

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

– August 10, 2009) 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 shooting ci ...

player who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. He was born in

. He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all seven matches as goalkeeper.

External links

*
Ton Richter's profile at databaseOlympicsTon Richter's obituary
1919 births 2009 deaths People from Blaricum Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub