Mink van der Weerden

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 (age 36)
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 Caps Goals
2010–2021 Netherlands 191 (115)
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
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antwerp
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Auckland
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 New Delhi Team

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]

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]

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