Theo Doyer
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Jan Jacob Theodoor Doyer (December 29, 1955 – November 10, 2010) was a field hockey
player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
. Eight years earlier he was also on the Holland squad, that ended up fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
.
, was born in Amsterdam
, Noord-Holland and earned a total number of 182 caps, scoring 44 goals, in the years 1975-1988. In 1987 he won the European title with the Dutch squad, after beating England on penalty strokes in the finale of the 1987 Men's Hockey European Nations Cup in Moscow
.
and he died in November 2010, aged 54.
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, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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. Eight years earlier he was also on the Holland squad, that ended up fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Career
Doyer, a forward who played club hockey for HC BloemendaalHC Bloemendaal
Hockey Club Bloemendaal is a Dutch field hockey club, which was established on April 16, 1895, and is therefore one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands...
, was born in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Noord-Holland and earned a total number of 182 caps, scoring 44 goals, in the years 1975-1988. In 1987 he won the European title with the Dutch squad, after beating England on penalty strokes in the finale of the 1987 Men's Hockey European Nations Cup in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
Retirement
After retiring as a player, Doyer started working at the then ministry of Welfare. He later worked for the Sports & Recreation department of the city of Amsterdam. At the start of 2008 he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input...
and he died in November 2010, aged 54.