Franciscus Ronaldus ("Ronald") Maria Jansen (born 30 December 1963 in

Sint-Michielsgestel Sint-Michielsgestel () is a village in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel (municipality), Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands. Geography The 120 km long river Dommel flows north from a well near Peer, Belgium, Peer in Belgium. Just nort ...

) is a former

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

goalkeeper from the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, who twice won the gold medal at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

. He played a total number of 183 international matches for his native country, and made his debut on 23 June 1987 at the 1987 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in a match against

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1963 births Living people Male field hockey goalkeepers Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Dutch field hockey coaches Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup players 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Sint-Michielsgestel Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics HC Den Bosch players Oranje Zwart players Field hockey players from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch sportsmen 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub