Anton "Ton" Gerrit Jan Buunk (born 18 September 1952) is a retired Dutch water polo player. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1976, placing sixth-seventh on other occasions. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of the Netherlands at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the 15th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. On 14 December 1979 he married Vera Renema.

See also

Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics

Ton Buunk

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1952 births

Living people

Dutch male water polo players

Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands in water polo

Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Water polo players from Amsterdam

Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

20th-century Dutch people

Ton Buunk