Roderick Weusthof
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Roderick Weusthof (born 18 May 1982 in
Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...
) is a
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player from the
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. Weusthof was part of the Dutch national team for the 2004
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in
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where the Dutch won the silver medal. In 2005 in
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they won another silver medal at the same event as well as at the European Championships in
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. His first international gold medal was won in
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in 2007 at the Champions Trophy. In addition the next gold medal was at the 2007 European Championships in Manchester, but in between they performed under their standards at the World Championships in
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with only a seventh position. At the Champions League in 2008 in
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they finished fourth. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the
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and played in the
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were the Netherlands won the silver medal.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weusthof, Roderick 1982 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nijmegen Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics SCHC players SV Kampong players NMHC Nijmegen players 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen