Jaap-Derk Buma (born 27 August 1972 in
The Hague
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) is a former
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field hockey
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player, who played 143 international matches for the
Netherlands
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, in which he scored nineteen goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on 5 November 1994 in a match against Belgium. He played in the Dutch League for
HC Klein Zwitserland
Hockey Club Klein Zwitserland, commonly known as Klein Zwitserland, is a Dutch field hockey club based in The Hague, South Holland.
The women and men's first team compete in the hoofdklasse, the highest league of Dutch field hockey.
The club wa ...
,
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 ...
,
Amsterdam
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, and
HC Breda, and was a member of the squad that won the golden medal at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney
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. His father
Edo
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was also a field hockey international for Holland.
External links
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Dutch Hockey Federation
1972 births
Living people
Dutch male field hockey players
Male field hockey forwards
Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Field hockey players from The Hague
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
HC Klein Zwitserland players
HC Bloemendaal players
Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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