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Mink van der Weerden
Personal information
Full name Mink Alphons Louis
van der Weerden
Born (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 35)
Geldrop, Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Oranje-Rood
Youth career
HCAS
Oranje Zwart
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016– Oranje-Rood
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Netherlands 146 (96)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Cup
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
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Auckland
Last updated on: 14 April 2019

Mink Alphons Louis van der Weerden (Dutch pronunciation: [mɪŋk vɑn dɛr 'wɪrdən]; born 19 October 1988)[1] is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Oranje-Rood and the Dutch national team.

He started playing hockey at HCAS and has since also played for Oranje Zwart and currently Oranje-Rood. Van der Weerden made his debut for the national team in 2010 and has since played in two Olympic Games, two World Cups and three European Championships. He studies physiotherapy.[2]

Club career

Van der Weerden took up field hockey aged 10 in 2000 following his mother at HCAS. Later he moved to Oranje Zwart. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he signed a four-year contract for the newly formed club HC Oranje-Rood.[3]

International career

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.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mink van der Weerden.
  1. ^ Mink van der Weerden. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b Mink van der Weerden. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ "Van der Horst en Van der Weerden tekenen 4 jaar bij Oranje-Rood". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ Mink van der Weerden. london2012.com
  5. ^ "Netherlands rally for comeback victory". London2012.com. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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