Hans Schnitger
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Henri Carel Willem "Hans" Schnitger (born August 5, 1915) was a Dutch
field hockey
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
.
He was born in Enschede
, where he still lives with his wife.
Schnitger was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as forward.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
.
He was born in Enschede
Enschede
Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...
, where he still lives with his wife.
Schnitger was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches as forward.