Jan Alma
Jan Alma (23 August 1934 – 9 October 2022) was a Dutch handball coach.[1][2]
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 |
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.[3]
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.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Jos Pak, Jan Alma, gedreven tot het eind, Haagse Courant, 13 June 2003
- ↑ In memoriam: Jan Alma (1934-2022), hvhellas.nl, October 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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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