Marcel Balkestein (born 29 January 1981 in
Geldrop
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, around 5 km east of Eindhoven city centre.
Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo.
Geldrop is noted ...
) is a Dutch field hockey player. At the
2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
in the
men's tournament,
and was part of the Dutch team that won the silver medal.
Balkestein married the Dutch volleyball player
Maret Balkestein-Grothues on 5 July 2014.
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1981 births
Living people
Dutch male field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Sportspeople from Geldrop
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Hockey India League players
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
21st-century Dutch people
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