Mink van der Weerden
Van der Weerden at the 2016 Olympics
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||
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19 October 1988 Geldrop, Netherlands |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Oranje Zwart | |||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lucas Judge (club) Max Caldas (national) |
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Medal record
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Mink Alphons van der Weerden (born 19 October 1988) is a Dutch field hockey defender. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. A penalty corner specialist, he was credited with the second victory in group play, over Belgium. He also had a goal in the final against Germany, and ended as the tournament's top scorer with eight goals.
Van der Weerden took up field hockey aged 10 following his mother and was included to the national team in 2010. He studies physiotherapy.
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