Ilja Mohandas "Andy" Hoepelman (born March 26, 1955) is a Dutch former Olympic water polo player and current professor in Medicine, subspecialty Infectious Diseases. He has more than 500 peer reviewed articles on his name. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as part of the Dutch men's team. He is with his Masters team HZC de Robben European champion in Istanbul (2011), Budapest (2013), Rijeka (2016) and Kranj (2018). In 2015 the team became World Champion in Kazan. From 2012-2016 he was a member of the LEN TWPC (Technical Waterpolo Committee).Since 2017 he is a member of the FINA TWPC, where his interest is in modernizing Waterpolo rules, education of referees and Beach Waterpolo. He was cofounder and chairman of the regional Waterpolo training Centre "Talent Centraal" until 2015 when TC was discontinued. In 2018 he founded together with others a regional Waterpolo training center where he currently serves as chairman.Since July 2020 he is chairmen of the Dutch Waterpolo club UZSC, 6 times champion in the Netherlands since 2014.
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Ilja Mohandas Hoepelman 26 March 1955 (age 70) Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
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Zodiac | Aries |
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