Mink van der Weerden
 Van der Weerden at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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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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| Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oranje Zwart[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.[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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