Jan Alma

Jan Alma (23 August 1934 – 9 October 2022) was a Dutch handball coach.[1][2]

Jan Alma
Alma in 2019
Born(1934-08-23)23 August 1934
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Died9 October 2022(2022-10-09) (aged 88)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupationhandball coach

As a handball coach, Alma was the coach of the Netherlands women's national handball team. He was the coach of many club teams: HV Hellas Den Haag, SV Hermes, HV Aalsmeer and RKHV Quintus and of the women's team of HV Hellas Den Haag and HV Foreholte. He retired as coach in 2003.[3]

Sporthal Hellas, the venue of HV Hellas Den Haag has a grandstand named after him. Alma became in 2003 a Member of Merit of the Netherlands Handball Association. He became a Wall of Fame member of the municipality of The Hague.[3][4]

He died in The Hague in October 2022, aged 88.[3]

References
  1. Jos Pak, Jan Alma, gedreven tot het eind, Haagse Courant, 13 June 2003
  2. In memoriam: Jan Alma (1934-2022), hvhellas.nl, October 2022
  3. Voormalig succestrainer en bondscoach Jan Alma (88) overleden, Algemeen Dagblad, 10 October 2022
  4. Ereleden en leden van verdienste 2019 Archived 2019-11-20 at the Wayback Machine NHV, October 2019
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