Johannes Nieuwenburg (born June 5, 1968 in Koudekerk) is a former water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 defender from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Holland. In 1992 he finished in ninth position with the Dutch National Men's Team, in 1996 he was the captain of the squad that finished in tenth spot, under the guidance of head coach and former international Hans van Zeeland

Hans van Zeeland

Johannes "Hans" Hendrikus Jacques van Zeeland is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch National Team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 1980 Van Zeeland finished in sixth position with the Holland squad...

. Nieuwenburg works as a freelance sportswriter, and is the chief editor of the Dutch water polo magazine called ManMeer!