Jaap Leemhuis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaap Leemhuis

field hockey player

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1941

Place of Birth: Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands

Date of Death: 19-Sep-2014

Profession: field hockey player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jacob Pieter "Jaap" Leemhuis (4 December 1941 – 19 September 2014) was a field hockey player from the Netherlands.
He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, where his team finished in ninth and seventh place, respectively.
He played 61 international matches before retiring in 1964.
After that he worked for Shell, mostly outside the Netherlands.
He was the chair of Haren en Snaren, an organization that helps young classical musicians from Eastern Europe.