Sander de Wijn
Dutch field hockey player
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Sander Sebastiaan Robert Jan de Wijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsɑndər də ˈʋɛin]; born 2 May 1990) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender for Kampong and the Dutch national team.
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FullnameSander Sebastian
Robert Jan de Wijn
Robert Jan de Wijn
Born2 May 1990
Boxmeer, Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
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| Full name | Sander Sebastian Robert Jan de Wijn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1990 Boxmeer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament winning a silver medal.[1] He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the Netherlands lost the bronze-medal match to Germany in the field hockey tournament.[2] In March 2026, he announced his retirement from playing hockey.[3] In his final season, he won his second Men's Euro Hockey League with Kampong, scoring two goals in the competition.[4]
Honours
Club
- Kampong
- Hoofdklasse: 2016–17,[3] 2017–18, 2023–24
- Gold Cup: 2023–24
- Euro Hockey League: 2015–16, 2025–26[4]
- UniKL
- TNB Cup: 2018
International
- Netherlands
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2012[3]
- EuroHockey Championship: 2015, 2017, 2021
- Hockey World League: 2012–13
- Netherlands hockey5s
- Hockey5s World Cup: 2024
- EuroHockey5s Championship: 2022
Individual
- Hoofdklasse Player of the Season: 2014–15,[5] 2016–17, 2023–24
