Thomas Boerma is a field hockey

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

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Boerma 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 2006 Champions Trophy in Terrassa

Terrassa

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 where the Dutch won the gold. In 2007, he also was part of the team that won the gold medal at the European Championships in Manchester

Manchester

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. In Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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 later in 2007, he won the bronze medal at the Champions Trophy, while in 2008 they only finished in fourth place in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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