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| Jan Posthuma | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jan Marcus Posthuma | ||
| Born | 11 June 1963 Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 209 cm (6 ft 10 in) | ||
| Volleyball information | |||
| Position | Middle blocker | ||
| Number | 6 (1988) 13 (1992) 10 (1996) | ||
| National team | |||
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Jan Marcus Posthuma (born 11 June 1963) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul.
After having won the silver medal with the Dutch national team in 1992, Posthuma's team won the gold medal in Atlanta (1996) by defeating Italy in the final (3–2).
Individual awards
[edit]References
[edit]- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
External links
[edit]- Jan Posthuma at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Jan Posthuma at Olympedia
- Jan Posthuma at InterSportStats
- Volleybox.net profile
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Dutch men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- People from Dokkum
- Volleyball players from Friesland
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Middle blockers
- Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch volleyball biography stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs