Jeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster (born 27 August 1966 in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

, North Holland) is a former

coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boa ...

from the

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, who won a gold medal with the ''Holland Acht'' (Holland Eights) as a cox at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. He is the older brother of former Dutch

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 ...

international

Willemijn Duyster Willemijn Margaretha Duyster (born 5 April 1970 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who played 87 international matches for the Dutch national team, in which she scored no goals. A player from HGC in the 1990s, ...

, who won the bronze medal at the same Olympic tournament.

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