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Robbert Kemperman
Personal information
Born (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 33)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Kampong
Youth career
1995–2005 Union
2005–2008 Den Bosch
Senior career
Years Team
2005–2010 Den Bosch
2010–2012 Rot-Weiss Köln
2012–present Kampong
2019 UniKL
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–present Netherlands 210 (50)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 New Dehli
Silver medal – second place 2014 The Hague
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amstelveen
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Breda
Last updated on: 21 March 2020

Robbert Kemperman (Dutch pronunciation: ['rɔbərt 'kɛmpərmɑn]; born 24 June 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Kampong and the Dutch national team.[1]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, where he won a silver medal.[2] He made his debut for the national team in 2008, with just 17 years and 111 days of age, he is the second-youngest debutant ever in de Dutch national hockey team.

In 2018, Kemperman played in his third World Cup, where they won the silver medal. Due to his decision to play in the 2019 Malaysia Hockey League, he was not selected for the 2019 Pro League.[3] After the 2019 EuroHockey Championships he returned in the national team for the FIH Olympic Qualifier against Pakistan.[4]

Club career

Born in Nijmegen, he started playing hockey when he was 5 at the local hockey club RKHV Union. In 2005 he went to HC 's-Hertogenbosch where he made his debut for the first team when he was just 15 years old. After his years at 's-Hertogenbosch, he went to Rot-Weiss Köln in Germany in 2010.[5] He played there for two seasons before returning to the Netherlands, where he joined his current club SV Kampong. In 2016 he won the 2015–16 Euro Hockey League with Kampong and then he won two consecutive Dutch national titles in 2017 and 2018. In the winter of 2019, he played in Malaysia for UniKL in the Malaysia Hockey League.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Robbert Kemperman". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  2. ^ "Men's Hockey: Netherlands". London2012.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Caldas: Verga en Kemperman naar Maleisië, geen Pro League". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Hockeyers Verga en Kemperman dromen na 'reset' weer van goud bij de Spelen van Tokio". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). 15 September 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Keeper Vivaldi verlaat Den Bosch". nu.nl (in Dutch). Nu.nl. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

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