Wiebe Wolters
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Wiebe Johan Wolters |
| Born | 25 December 1932 Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 15 January 2011 (aged 78) Mijas, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Singapore |
| Sport | Swimming, Water polo |
| Club | Singapore Swimming Club |
Wiebe Johan Wolters (25 December 1932 – 15 January 2011) was a Singaporean sportsman who represented his country in swimming and water polo.
Biography
[edit]Born in the Dutch East Indies, Wolters moved to Singapore as a child, Wolters started out as a competitive swimmer, specialising in sprint events. He won a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi and was a member of the 4 x 100 m freestyle gold medal winning relay team.[1]
Unable to make the Olympics as a swimmer, he changed his focus to water polo and won another Asian Games gold medal in 1954 with the Singapore men's national water polo team. He represented Singapore in water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where the team finished 10th. His elder brother Alexander was one of his teammates.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wiebe Johan Wolters". Singapore National Olympic Council.
- ^ "Olympics: Siblings Quah Zheng Wen and Ting Wen realising a-quah-tic dreams". The Straits Times. 1 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Wiebe Wolters at Olympedia
- Wiebe Wolters at the Singapore National Olympic Council
- Wiebe Wolters at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Wiebe Johan Wolters at the Singapore National Olympic Council
Asian Games Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay | |
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- 1932 births
- 2011 deaths
- Singaporean male freestyle swimmers
- Singaporean male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players for Singapore
- Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Asian Games medalists in water polo
- Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore
- Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore
- Swimmers at the 1951 Asian Games
- Water polo players at the 1951 Asian Games
- Water polo players at the 1954 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games
- Singaporean people of Dutch descent
- Indonesian emigrants to Singapore
- 20th-century Singaporean people