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Thijs van Dam

Thijs van Dam

Dutch field hockey player

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dam, not Dam.

Thijs Johannes Reinier van Dam (Dutch pronunciation: [tɦɛis vɑn dɑm]; born 5 January 1997) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Rotterdam and the Dutch national team.[1]

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Club career

Born in Delft, van Dam started playing at Ring Pass Delft.[2] After the under 14s, he switched to Rotterdam where he currently still plays in the first team.[2]

International career

Van Dam's first international match was for the Dutch national indoor hockey team at the 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, where they finished seventh.[3] In November 2016, van Dam was selected for the 2016 Junior World Cup, where the team finished seventh.[4] He made his debut for the senior national team in a test match in Cape Town, South Africa.[5] He was not selected for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship so he played at the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.[6] He was part of the Dutch team that won the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup. Due to a hip operation, he had to mis the 2019 Pro League.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Thijs van Dam". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    Wagtman, Stan (15 November 2018). "Delftenaar van Dam naar WK hockey". www.delftsepost.nl (in Dutch). Delftse Post. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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    "Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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    Mansier, Jeroen. "Van Dijk en Huybregts vallen af bij Jong Oranje Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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    "Max Caldas maakt groep voor trainingsstage Kaapstad bekend". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Thijs van Dam baalde even, maar ziet in EK U21 een mooie uitdaging". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Revaliderende Thijs van Dam droomt nog van het EK hockey". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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