Mink van der Weerden
Appearance
![]() Van der Weerden at the 2016 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Geldrop, Netherlands[1] | 19 October 1988
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] |
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Field hockey |
Club | Oranje Rood[3] |
Coached by | Lucas Judge (club) Max Caldas (national)[3] |
Medal record |
Mink Alphons van der Weerden (born 19 October 1988)[1] is a Dutch field hockey defender. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where the Netherlands won silver.[4] A penalty corner specialist, he was credited with the second victory in group play, over Belgium.[5] He also had a goal in the final against Germany, and ended as the tournament's top scorer with eight goals.[3]
Van der Weerden took up field hockey aged 10 following his mother and was included to the national team in 2010. He studies physiotherapy.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Mink van der Weerden. sports-reference.com
- ^ Mink van der Weerden Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c d Mink van der Weerden. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Mink van der Weerden. london2012.com
- ^ "Netherlands rally for comeback victory". London2012.com. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Dutch male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
- People from Geldrop
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Dutch field hockey biography stubs
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs