Anton "Ton" Gerrit Jan Buunk (born 18 September 1952) is a retired Dutch water polo player. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1976, placing sixth-seventh on other occasions. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of the Netherlands at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the 15th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.Netherlands. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011. On 14 December 1979 he married Vera Renema.
See also Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments List of flag bearers for the Netherlands at the Olympics
References Het huwelijk van Ton Buunk en Vera Renema. Dutch National Archive (14 December 1979)
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