Wiebe Wolters

Wiebe Johan Wolters (25 December 1932 – 15 January 2011) was a Singaporean sportsman who represented his country in swimming and water polo.

Biography

Born in the Dutch East Indies, Wolters moved to Singapore as a child, Wolters started out as a competitive swimmer, specialising in sprint events. He won a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi and was a member of the 4 x 100 m freestyle gold medal winning relay team.

Unable to make the Olympics as a swimmer, he changed his focus to water polo and won another Asian Games gold medal in 1954 with the Singapore men's national water polo team. He represented Singapore in water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where the team finished 10th. His elder brother Alexander was one of his teammates.

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1932 births

2011 deaths

Singaporean male freestyle swimmers

Singaporean male water polo players

Olympic water polo players for Singapore

Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Asian Games medalists in swimming

Asian Games medalists in water polo

Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore

Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore

Swimmers at the 1951 Asian Games

Water polo players at the 1951 Asian Games

Water polo players at the 1954 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games

Singaporean people of Dutch descent

Indonesian emigrants to Singapore

20th-century Singaporean people