Remco van Wijk (born October 7, 1972 in
Breda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
) is a former
Dutch
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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 ci ...
player, who played 242 international matches for the
Netherlands
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, in which he scored 63 goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on May 5, 1993 in a friendly match against
Ireland
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(5-1). He retired from international tophockey after the
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 ...
in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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, and became a hockey coach in the summer of 2005, as an assistant at
HC Den Bosch
Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch, also known as Den Bosch, is a Dutch field hockey club based in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant. It was founded on 14 July 1937.
The first teams (men and women) both compete on the highest level of the Dutch field hocke ...
.
External links
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Dutch Hockey Federation
1972 births
Living people
Dutch male field hockey players
Male field hockey forwards
Dutch field hockey coaches
Olympic field hockey players of 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
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Breda
Olympic medalists in field hockey
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Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
HC Bloemendaal players