Jan Posthuma

Dutch volleyball player
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Jan Posthuma

Summary

Jan Posthuma is a human[1]. He was born in Dokkum[2]. He was born on +1963-06-11T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a volleyball player[4] and beach volleyball player[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Jan Posthuma was born in Dokkum[2].
  • Jan Posthuma was born on +1963-06-11T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Jan Posthuma held citizenship in Kingdom of the Netherlands[7].
  • Jan Posthuma's professions included volleyball player[4].
  • Jan Posthuma worked as a beach volleyball player[5].
  • Jan Posthuma is recorded as male[8].
  • Jan Posthuma's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Jan Posthuma's member of sports team is recorded as Netherlands men's national volleyball team[10].
  • Jan Posthuma's position played on team / speciality is recorded as middle blocker[11].
  • Jan Posthuma's sport is recorded as beach volleyball[12].
  • Jan Posthuma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qh3q4[13].
  • Jan Posthuma's family name is recorded as Posthuma[14].
  • Jan Posthuma's given name is recorded as Jan[15].
  • Jan Posthuma's participant in is recorded as volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's tournament[16].
  • Jan Posthuma's participant in is recorded as volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – men's tournament[17].
  • Jan Posthuma's participant in is recorded as volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's tournament[18].
  • Jan Posthuma's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as po/jan-posthuma-1[19].
  • Jan Posthuma's GTAA ID is recorded as 143216[20].
  • Jan Posthuma's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+209'}[21].
  • Jan Posthuma's Lega Pallavolo Serie A player ID is recorded as POS-JAN-63[22].
  • Jan Posthuma's Olympedia people ID is recorded as 52797[23].
  • Jan Posthuma's InterSportStats athlete ID is recorded as 3000359375[24].

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Origins and Family

Jan Posthuma was born in Dokkum[2]. He was born on +1963-06-11T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include volleyball player[4] and beach volleyball player[5].

Why It Matters

Jan Posthuma ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

Where was Jan Posthuma born?

Jan Posthuma was born in Dokkum[2].

What did Jan Posthuma do for work?

Jan Posthuma worked as volleyball player[4] and beach volleyball player[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . Olympedia. wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . www.legavolley.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Olympedia. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Olympedia. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Olympedia. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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