Jan Alma

Jan Alma (23 August 1934 – 9 October 2022) was a Dutch handball 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.
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.
Alma married to handball player Mieke Pottuijt. He died in The Hague in October 2022, aged 88.