Piet Salomons

{{short description|Dutch water polo player}}

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| birth_date = 14 July 1924

| birth_place = Batavia, Dutch East Indies

| death_date = 8 October 1948 (aged 24)

| death_place = Schiedam, the Netherlands

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Pieter "Piet" Johannes Alexander Salomons (14 July 1924 – 8 October 1948) was a Dutch water polo goalkeeper. He played two matches at the 1948 Summer Olympics where his team won a bronze medal. A few months after the games he took his own life by jumping in front of an oncoming train.

See also

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085336/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/piet-salomons-1.html Piet Salomons]. sports-reference.com

[http://www.h2opolo.be/geschiedenis/WP_1948_OS.html Chronologische geschiedenis van het waterpolo]. h2opolo.be

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