Teun de Nooijer
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 Teun de Nooijer |
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Competitor for  Netherlands |
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| Men's Field Hockey | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team | |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Team | |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Team | |
| European Championship | |||
| Gold | 2007 Manchester | Team | |
| Silver | 2005 Leipzig | Team | |
| Champions Trophy | |||
| Gold | 2000 Amstelveen | Team | |
| Gold | 2002 Cologne | Team | |
| Gold | 2003 Amstelveen | Team | |
| Gold | 2006 Terrassa | Team | |
| Silver | 2004 Lahore | Team | |
| Silver | 2005 Chennai | Team | |
| Bronze | 1999 Brisbane | Team | |
| Bronze | 2007 Kuala Lumpur | Team | |
Teun Floris de Nooijer (born March 22, 1976 in Egmond aan den Hoef, Noord-Holland) is a skilful field hockey player from The Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000.
[edit] Life and work
He made his debut on June 4, 1994 in a friendly match against New Zealand. Since then the midfielder played over three hundred international matches for the Dutch. On April 4, 2007 he earned his 350th cap for the Netherlands national field hockey team, when the team defeated Belgium (7-3) in a friendly in Boxtel, Noord-Brabant.
De Nooijer started playing hockey at the age of nine, with his brothers in the backyard of their house. He joined HC Alkmaar at the age of eleven, and was selected for the Dutch under-16 team 2 years later. At fifteen, De Nooijer made his debut in the senior men's league with HC Alkmaar, and two years later, he first played in Holland's elite league with HC Bloemendaal. After two seasons wearing the number 11 shirt, De Nooijer switched to the number 14, made famous by Johan Cruijff, and has worn it for club and country ever since.[1]
De Nooijer played for Alkmaar before moving to HC Bloemendaal. After the 1998 Hockey World Cup he played for a couple of months in Germany, at Harvestehuder THC. In the final of the 1998 Hockey World Cup in Utrecht he scored the golden goal in the final against Spain. De Nooijer was named World Hockey Player of the Year in 2003, 2005 and 2006[2] by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). De Nooijer created history when he won the award, which was presented by Jacques Rogge for a record third time. The only other man to have won the award more than once is de Nooijer’s former team mate Stephan Veen (1998, 2000).
Earlier in 2006, de Nooijer was the decisive factor in the Champions Trophy final as the Netherlands claimed a record-equalling eighth crown and de Nooijer's sixth. [3]
De Nooijer is married to Philippa Suxdorf, herself a former German international hockey player with 154 caps under her belt. They have 3 daughters, seven-year-old Philine, five-year-old Lilly, and two-year-old Nana.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Teun de Nooijer | Euro Hockey League
- ^ De Nooijer claims record third WorldHockey award, worldhockey.org, September 16, 2006
- ^ De Nooijer claims record third WorldHockey award, worldhockey.org, September 16, 2006
- ^ Teun de Nooijer | Euro Hockey League
[edit] External links
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Dutch Field Hockey Team - 1996 Olympic Games | |
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Jacques Brinkman | Floris Jan Bovelander | Maurits Crucq | Marc Delissen | Jeroen Delmee | Taco van den Honert | Erik Jazet | Ronald Jansen | Leo Klein Gebbink | Bram Lomans | Teun de Nooijer | Wouter van Pelt | Stephan Veen | Guus Vogels | Tycho van Meer | Remco van Wijk | Head Coach: Roelant Oltmans |
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| Awards | ||
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Preceded by Michael Green |
WorldHockey Player of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Jamie Dwyer |
| Preceded by Jamie Dwyer |
WorldHockey Player of the Year 2005 and 2006 |
Succeeded by Jamie Dwyer |
