Wouter van Pelt (born 23 April 1968 in

Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the r ...

) is a former Dutch

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player, who played 236 international matches for the

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, in which he scored 21 goals. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on 27 March 1989 in a match against

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. He played in the Dutch League for HDM and BH & BC Breda. Van Pelt was a member of the Dutch national team that won the golden medal at the

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, Georgia. Four years later, at the

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, the Dutch once again won the title, with Van Pelt on board. He stopped playing hockey at top level in 2005.

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1968 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Alphen aan den Rijn Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Haagsche Delftsche Mixed players 20th-century Dutch people {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub