Mink van der Weerden

Mink Alphons Louis van der Weerden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɪŋk fɑn dər ˈʋeːrdə(n)]; born 19 October 1988)[1] is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender.[2]

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Weerden, not Weerden.

Mink van der Weerden
Van der Weerden at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Mink Alphons Louis
van der Weerden
Born (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988
Geldrop, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
HCAS
Senior career
Years Team
2008–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016–2020 Oranje-Rood
2020–2023 Rot-Weiss Köln
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2021 Netherlands 191 (115)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 The Hague
Silver medal – second place2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 London
Gold medal – first place2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place2013 Boom
Bronze medal – third place2019 Antwerp
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place2011 Auckland
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place2012–13 New DelhiTeam

He started playing hockey at HCAS and has since also played for Oranje Zwart and Oranje-Rood. He joined Rot-Weiss Köln in the summer of 2020. Van der Weerden made his debut for the national team in 2010 and has since played in three Olympic Games, two World Cups and three European Championships. He studies physiotherapy.[3]

Club career

Van der Weerden took up field hockey aged 10 in 2000 following his mother at HCAS. Later he moved to Oranje Zwart. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he signed a four-year contract for the newly formed club HC Oranje-Rood.[4] On 29 January 2020 it was announced he would join Rot-Weiss Köln at the end of the season.[5][6] In the 2021–22 season he won his second Bundesliga title in a row.[7]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where the Netherlands won silver.[8] A penalty corner specialist, he was credited with the second victory in group play, over Belgium.[9] He also had a goal in the final against Germany, and ended as the tournament's top scorer with eight goals.[3] In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[10] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[11] After the 2020 Summer Olympics van der Weerden announced his retirement from the national team.[12]

Honours

International
Netherlands[13]

Club
Oranje Zwart[6]
Rot-Weiss Köln

Individual

References
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  2. "Mink van der Weerden - Hockey.nl". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. Mink van der Weerden. nbcolympics.com
  4. "Van der Horst en Van der Weerden tekenen 4 jaar bij Oranje-Rood". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. Derksen, Linda (29 January 2020). "Mink van der Weerden verlaat Oranje-Rood na twaalf jaar voor Rot-Weiss Köln". ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. "Hockeyer Van der Weerden verruilt Oranje-Rood voor Rot Weiss". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. "Tor in Unterzahl beschert Rot-Weiss Köln die zehnte Meisterschaft" (in German).
  8. Mink van der Weerden. london2012.com
  9. "Netherlands rally for comeback victory". London2012.com. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  12. Wester, Eelko. "Mink van der Weerden na 191 caps: 'Ik was nooit relaxt bij Oranje'". hockey.nl (in Dutch).
  13. "van der WEERDEN Mink". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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