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Rob Gerard Marie Derikx (born 25 August 1982 in
Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
,
North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to th ...
) is a
field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...
player from the
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...
. The midfielder made his debut on April 18, 2001 in a friendly match against
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
: where the score was 2-3. He played for
Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club Stichtsche Cricket en Hockey Club, commonly known as SCHC, is a Dutch sports club based in Bilthoven, Utrecht. The club was founded on 22 November 1906. The club is best known for its field hockey department but it also has a rugby union and a cric ...
in the Dutch League (''Hoofdklasse''), after a long time spell with
HC Den Bosch Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch, also known as Den Bosch, is a Dutch field hockey club based in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant. It was founded on 14 July 1937. The first teams (men and women) both compete on the highest level of the Dutch field hoc ...
. His older brother Geert-Jan is also a member of the Dutch field hockey squad. In 2003 he was nominated by the
International Hockey Federation The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. ...
(FIH) for the Talent of the Year Award.


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* 1982 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch Field hockey players from North Brabant Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics SCHC players HC Den Bosch players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub