Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell (born August 8, 1980 in

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) is a Dutch former professional

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. He played in the

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(CPBL) for the

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International career

Markwell represented the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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, where he and his team finished sixth. Markwell was also named to the Dutch roster for the 2005 European Baseball Championship,

2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums in or around Tokyo, Japan, and the American cities o ...

2006 Intercontinental Cup The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung, Taiwan from November 9 through the 19th. Eight countries contested the tournament, which was played at Taichung Baseball Field and the newly built Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium ...

, 2007 European Baseball Championship,

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

2009 World Baseball Classic The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an International Baseball Federation, international baseball competition. It began on March 5 and finished March 23. Unlike in 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2006, when the Round-robin tournament, round- ...

2010 European Baseball Championship The 2010 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Germany from July 23 to August 1, 2010. The tournament was originally set to be held in 2009 with Russia as host. In March 2008, the Confederation of Europ ...

, 2010 Intercontinental Cup,

2011 Baseball World Cup The 2011 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 39th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the ...

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike the tw ...

2013 World Port Tournament The 2013 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from June 30 through July 7, 2013. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and featured teams from C ...

, ,

2014 European Baseball Championship The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany. The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time. Qualification T ...

2015 World Port Tournament The World Port Tournament was an international baseball tournament held at the ''Neptunus Familiestadion'' in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was held every other year ( excluded) in odd-numbered years since , alternating with the Haarle ...

2015 WBSC Premier12 The 2015 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship sponsored by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the inaugural event of the WBSC Premier12. It was held from November 8 to 21 in Taiwan and Japan. The South Korea ...

, 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week, , and the

2016 European Baseball Championship The 2016 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by Confederation of European Baseball. The 2016 European Championship was held from September 9 to 18, 2016 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by ...

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''Honkbalsite , Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland'' He played for Team Netherlands in the

2019 European Baseball Championship The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2019 Championship was held September 7–15, 2019, in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The tournament contribu ...

, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.

References

External links

Markwell at the Dutch Olympic Archive
1980 births 2005 European Baseball Championship players 2005 Baseball World Cup players 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2007 European Baseball Championship players 2009 World Baseball Classic players 2010 European Baseball Championship players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2014 European Baseball Championship players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players 2016 European Baseball Championship players 2017 World Baseball Classic players 2019 European Baseball Championship players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Charleston AlleyCats players Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Canada Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the United States Curacao Neptunus players DOOR Neptunus players Dunedin Blue Jays players Hagerstown Suns players Leones del Caracas players Living people New Haven Ravens players Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands Dutch baseball players Baseball players from Willemstad Queens Kings players St. Catharines Stompers players Tennessee Smokies players Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Dutch people of Curaçao descent {{Curaçao-sport-bio-stub