Wim Vriend

{{short description|Dutch water polo player (1941–2021)}}

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| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Willem "Wim" Jan Frederik Vriend (9 November 1941 – 30 September 2021) was a water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. His elder brother Harry was also a member of that team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vr/wim-vriend-1.html Wim Vriend]. sports-reference.com

Vriend died on 30 September 2021, at the age of 79.{{Cite web |title=Death notice - Willem Jan Frederik Vriend |url=https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/willem-jan-frederik-vriend-9178790/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Mensenlinq |language=nl}}