Jan Alma
Jan Alma | |
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 Alma in 2019 | |
| Born | 23 August 1934 Amersfoort, Netherlands |
| Died | 9 October 2022 (aged 88) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | handball coach |
Jan Alma (23 August 1934 – 9 October 2022) was a Dutch handball coach.
As a handball coach, Alma was the coach of the Netherlands women's national handball team. He was the coach of many club teams: HV Hellas Den Haag, SV Hermes, HV Aalsmeer and RKHV Quintus and of the women's team of HV Hellas Den Haag and HV Foreholte. He retired as coach in 2003.
Sporthal Hellas, the venue of HV Hellas Den Haag has a grandstand named after him. Alma became in 2003 a Member of Merit of the Netherlands Handball Association. He became a Wall of Fame member of the municipality of The Hague.
He died in The Hague in October 2022, aged 88.
References
- ↑ Jos Pak, Jan Alma, gedreven tot het eind, Haagse Courant, 13 June 2003
- ↑ In memoriam: Jan Alma (1934-2022) Archived 2023-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, hvhellas.nl, October 2022
- 1 2 3 Voormalig succestrainer en bondscoach Jan Alma (88) overleden, Algemeen Dagblad, 10 October 2022
- ↑ Ereleden en leden van verdienste 2019 Archived 2019-11-20 at the Wayback Machine NHV, October 2019
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