Mink van der Weerden
 Van der Weerden at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born |
19 October 1988 Geldrop, Netherlands[1] |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
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| Country |
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| Sport | Field hockey |
| Club | Oranje Rood[3] |
| Coached by |
Lucas Judge (club) Max Caldas (national)[3] |
Medal record
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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]
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- 1 2 Mink van der Weerden. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Mink van der Weerden Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
- 1 2 3 4 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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