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Ton Buunk

Ton Buunk

Dutch water polo player

Anton "Ton" Gerrit Jan Buunk (born 18 September 1952) is a retired Dutch water polo player. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1976, placing sixth-seventh on other occasions. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of the Netherlands at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the 15th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[1][2] On 14 December 1979 he married Vera Renema.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ton Buunk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Netherlands. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  3. [3]
    Het huwelijk van Ton Buunk en Vera Renema. Dutch National Archive (14 December 1979)
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