Tycho van Meer (born 30 September 1974 in

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) is a former

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striker from the

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, who represented his native country at the

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, Georgia. There he won the golden medal with the Dutch national team. A former player of

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, Oranje Zwart and

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, he earned a total number of 90 caps, scoring seventeen goals for the Dutch during the late 1990s.

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Dutch Olympic Committee

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* 1974 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players from Eindhoven Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics HGC (field hockey) players Oranje Zwart players Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players 21st-century Dutch people 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub