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Robert van der Horst

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Horst, not Horst.
Robert van der Horst
Van der Horst at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Robert Adriaan van der Horst
Born (1984-10-17) 17 October 1984 (age 40)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Oranje-Rood (assistant)
Youth career
1999–2001 Oranje Zwart
Senior career
Years Team
2001–2009 Oranje Zwart
2009–2012 Rotterdam
2012–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016–2019 Oranje-Rood
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2004–2016 Netherlands 272 (14)
Coaching career
2019–2022 Oranje-Rood
2022–present Oranje-Rood (assistant)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 The Hague
Bronze medal – third place 2010 New Delhi
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Manchester
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Silver medal – second place 2005 Leipzig
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2006 Terrassa
Silver medal – second place 2004 Lahore
Silver medal – second place 2005 Chennai
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Auckland
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 New Delhi Team

Robert Adriaan van der Horst (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn dər ˈɦɔrst]; born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender and currently the assistant coach of the first men's team of Oranje-Rood.

He played a total of 272 caps for the Dutch national team, which makes him the seventh most capped Dutch player of all time.[2] He scored 14 goals in his international career which lasted from 2004 until 2016. The defender was the captain of the national teams that finished fourth at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in 2012.[3] He played club hockey for Oranje Zwart, Rotterdam and Oranje-Rood.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference rio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Oranje Heren 100+ interlands". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference sr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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