Andy Hoepelman

Ilja Mohandas "Andy" Hoepelman (born March 26, 1955)[1] 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.

Andy Hoepelman
Personal information
Full nameIlja Mohandas Hoepelman
BornMarch 26, 1955 (1955-03-26) (age 65)
Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Team competition

Life

Hoepelman obtained an MD and PhD from Utrecht University, writing a dissertation entitled Iron and Infection. He worked at Rockefeller University in New York City and was head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University Medical Center until 2017. From that time on he is Head of the division of Infectious Diseases at the UMC, Utrecht. More than 50 students finished there thesis under his supervision.[2]

His sons Ruben Hoepelman and Benjamin Hoepelman have followed their father in playing water polo at an international level, his son David is a specialist in informatics.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andy Hoepelman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. Profile at the Utrecht University Medical Center.


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