Guido Görtzen (born 9 November 1970) is a

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from the

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, who represented his native country in three consecutive

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, starting in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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. There he won the gold medal with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating archrivals

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in the final (3–2).

References

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Dutch Olympic Committee

External links

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Volleybox.net profile
1970 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Heerlen Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportsmen Outside hitters Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Russia Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Germany 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub