Jan Ankerman

{{short description|Dutch field hockey player}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam | Team competition}}

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Jan Geert Ankerman (March 2, 1906 in Wommels – December 27, 1942 in Rangoon, Burma) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all four matches as halfback.

Ankerman died in a Japanese camp in Burma during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}