{{Short description|Dutch water polo player (1938–2023)}} {{Family name hatnote|van Dorp|Dorp|lang=Dutch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Fred van Dorp | image = Fred van Dorp 1966.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Fred van Dorp in 1966 | birth_name = Alfred Carel van Dorp | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Dutch | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|10|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Batavia, Dutch East Indies | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|9|1938|10|13|df=y}} | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | sport = Water polo | event = | club = AZ&PC, Amersfoort | coach = }}
'''Alfred Carel van Dorp''' (13 October 1938 – 9 November 2023) was a Dutch water polo player who participated in three Summer Olympics with the Dutch Men's National Team. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of the Netherlands at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, becoming the eleventh water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093436/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NED/ Netherlands]. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.</ref> After retiring he worked for many years as a water polo referee.<ref>[http://www.h2opolo.be/geschiedenis/1960-61.html Chronologische geschiedenis waterpolo]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. h2opolo.be</ref>
His elder brother, Tony van Dorp, was also a water polo player, who participated in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics for the United States, and played against his brother.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/fred-van-dorp-1.html Fred van Dorp] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110185740/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/fred-van-dorp-1.html |date=10 November 2012 }}. sports-reference.com</ref><ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tony-van-dorp-1.html Tony van Dorp] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110185758/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tony-van-dorp-1.html |date=10 November 2012 }}. sports-reference.com</ref>
Van Dorp died on 9 November 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vlaggendrager Olympische Spelen 1968 Fred van Dorp overleden - NOCNSF |url=https://nocnsf.nl/nieuws/2023/11/vlaggendrager-olympische-spelen-1968-fred-van-dorp-overleden |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=NOC*NSF |language=nl}}</ref>
==International senior tournaments== * 1960 – Summer Olympics (Rome, 8th position) * 1964 – Summer Olympics (Tokyo, 8th position) * 1968 – Summer Olympics (Mexico City, 7th position)
==See also== * Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics
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