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Tycho van Meer (born 30 September 1974 in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,[field hockey
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striker from the
Netherlands
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, who represented his native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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, Georgia. There he won the golden medal with the
Dutch national team. A former player of
HGC HGC can stand for:
* Human Genetics Commission
*Hercules Graphics Card
* H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, a Dutch field hockey club
* HGC Global Communications, an internet service provider in Hong Kong
* HGC (field hockey)
H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, ...
,
Oranje Zwart
Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...
and
Amsterdam
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, he earned a total number of 90 caps, scoring seventeen goals for the Dutch during the late 1990s.
References
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Dutch Olympic Committee
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Dutch male field hockey players
Male field hockey forwards
Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Sportspeople from Eindhoven
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
HGC players
Oranje Zwart players
Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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