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Adrianus Josephus ("Aad") van Mil (born 5 May 1957, in Leiden) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. He finished in sixth place with the Dutch national team at both the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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