Dick Esser
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| File:Dick Esser (1955).jpg | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's field hockey | ||
| Representing File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1952 Helsinki | Team competition |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1948 London | Team competition |
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Rius Theo "Dick" Esser (9 July 1918 – 8 March 1979) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Makassar, Dutch East Indies.
In 1948, he was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all seven matches as forward.
Four years later he won the silver medal as part of the Dutch team. He played all three matches as forward.
Esser died in Leiden.
External links
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- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
- Rius Esser profile on DatabaseOlympics.com
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1979 deaths
- Dutch male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Sportspeople from Makassar
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch field hockey Olympic medalist stubs