Jérôme Truyens (born 4 August 1987) is a Belgian international

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player. He plays for Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles in

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and is an attacker. Jérôme Truyens is part of the

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that reached the

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by ending third at the 2007 European Championship in

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. At that 2007 tournament, during the little final Truyens scored the winning goal in the last minute against the German team. In the first game of Belgium at the Olympics in Beijing against Spain, he scored again. However, the Belgian team lost 4-2. Eventually Belgium ended at the ninth place. Also at the

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he competed for the

in the men's tournament, now reaching the fifth place.London2012.com
/ref> Truyens became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.

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* 1987 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Belgium People from Uccle Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Brussels 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub