Leonard Wery
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tLeonard Hugo "Henk" Wery (born March 27, 1926 in The Hague
) was a Dutch
field hockey
player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
.
He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all three matches as forward. After the end of his professional hockeyplayer career, Mr. Wery had a successful career at the Royal Dutch/Shell Oil Company as a lawyer.
Leonard Wery is married to Catharina van Santen-Wery and is father to Leonard Paul and Peter Johan Wery.
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
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He was a member of the Dutch field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all three matches as forward. After the end of his professional hockeyplayer career, Mr. Wery had a successful career at the Royal Dutch/Shell Oil Company as a lawyer.
Leonard Wery is married to Catharina van Santen-Wery and is father to Leonard Paul and Peter Johan Wery.