Erik Alexander Jazet (born 19 July 1971 in Schiedam) is a former

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player, who played 308 international matches for the

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. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on 17 November 1990 in a match against England. He competed at three

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, and won two golden medals (1996 and 2000) and a bronze (2004. In the Dutch League Jazet played for

HC Bloemendaal Hockey Club Bloemendaal (), commonly known as Bloemendaal, is a Dutch field hockey club based in Bloemendaal, North Holland. It was established on 26 April 1895, and is one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands. Originally, the club a ...

and Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club. He became the first team coach for Bloemendaal women in 2005.

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1971 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Dutch field hockey coaches Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Schiedam Field hockey players from South Holland Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics HC Bloemendaal players SCHC players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub