 Buunk in 1979 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 September 1952 (1952-09-18) (age 73) Amsterdam, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||
| Club | De Meeuwen, Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
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Anton "Ton" Gerrit Jan Buunk (born 18 September 1952) is a retiredDutchwater 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 tocarry the national flag of the Netherlands at theopening ceremony of the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the15th water polo player to be aflag bearer at the opening and closingceremonies of the Olympics.[1][2] On 14 December 1979 he married Vera Renema.[3]
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for NetherlandsLos Angeles 1984 | Succeeded by |
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