Teun de Nooijer


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Birth date
Age
22/03/1976 
36
Height
Weight
Gender
183 cm / 6'0" 
79 kg / 174 lbs 
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
1Men2000Sydney, NSW, AUS
1Men1996Atlanta, GA, USA
2Men2004Athens, GRE
4Men2008Beijing, CHN
World Cup
1Men1998Utrecht, NED
2Men1994Sydney, NSW, AUS
3Men2010New Delhi, IND
3Men2002Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Champions Trophy
3Men2011Auckland, NZL
3Men2010Monchengladbach, GER
4Men2009Melbourne, VIC, AUS
EuroHockey Nations Championships
2Men2011Monchengladbach, GER
3Men2009Amstelveen, NED

Nickname

Neut, Legend (Athlete, 02 Dec 2009)

Hobbies

Sports, going to the cinema and going out. (Athlete, 18 Mar 2000)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Economics - HES Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NED

Family

Wife Philippa Suxdorf, daughters Philine, Lilli and Nanna

Language(s) spoken

Dutch, English

Club name

HC Bloemendaal, Bloemendaal, NED

Coach

Dave Smolenaars [club], Paul van Ass [national] (hcbloemendaal.nl, 01 Dec 2011; hockey.nl, 01 Dec 2011)

Position and style

Midfield (hoofdklassehockey.nl, 28 Jun 2005)

Handedness

Right (Athlete, 02 Dec 2009)

Debut

1994 for Netherlands, against New Zealand, International (Liempde) (Athlete, 18 Mar 2000)

Injuries

He suffered a knee injury in 2004. (hoofdklassehockey.nl, 28 Jun 2005)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He started playing hockey at age nine. (Athlete, 18 Mar 2000)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and winning the 1998 World Cup. (Athlete, 02 Dec 2009)

Hero
Dutch footballer Johan Cruijff. "He is an artist on the field. I try to be like that." (deccanherald.com, 11 Feb 2004)

Most influential person in career
"All my former coaches have influenced me a little bit, but in the end you have to do it yourself - so the one big influence is myself." He also credits his wife Philippa as a major influence. (Athlete, 02 Dec 2009, World Hockey Magazine, 01 Jan 2006)

Awards
He is competing in his 17th edition of the Champions Trophy in Auckland in 2011, the most participations by any player. (fih.ch, 01 Dec 2011)

He was named on the International Hockey Federation's [FIH] All Star team for five consecutive years, from 2006-10. (fih.ch, 01 Dec 2011)

He was named as the FIH Player of the Year for 2003, 2005 and 2006. He was the first male player to win the award three times. (World Hockey 2006)

General
GOLDEN GOAL
He scored the extra-time golden goal as the Netherlands beat Spain 3-2 in the final of the 1998 World Cup in Utrecht, Netherlands. (deccanherald.com, 11 Feb 2004)

TEUN DE NOOIJER ACADEMY
In 2008 he set up his own hockey academy in Overveen, Netherlands to help develop local hockey players. (teundenooijeracademy.com, 04 Dec 2009

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996


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