Jeroen Hertzberger
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Jeroen Hertzberger is a field hockey
player from the Netherlands
and plays for HC Rotterdam
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Hertzberger was part of the Dutch national team
for the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur
where the Dutch won the bronze medal. In 2008 they only finished in fourth place in Rotterdam
. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and plays for HC Rotterdam
HC Rotterdam
HC Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club, which was founded on September 16, 1925. With a total number of 2,342 members it is the biggest hockeyclub in the Netherlands. The first teams compete on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "Hoofdklasse"...
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Hertzberger was part of the Dutch national team
Netherlands national field hockey team
The Netherlands national field hockey team is the national team of the Netherlands that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...
for the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
where the Dutch won the bronze medal. In 2008 they only finished in fourth place in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
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