Tycho van Meer (born September 30, 1974 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a former field hockey

Field hockey

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 striker from The Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. There he won the golden medal with the Dutch national team

Netherlands national field hockey team

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. A former player of HGC

HGC (field hockey)

HGC is the acronym of the field hockey club H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, which is located on the border of Wassenaar and The Hague in The Netherlands. The club was founded on September 22, 1906....

, Oranje Zwart

Oranje Zwart

Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart is a Dutch field hockey club located in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, which was founded on September 1, 1933. With around 1.700 members – as of May 31, 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the Netherlands....

 and Amsterdam

Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club

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, he earned a total number of 90 caps, scoring seventeen goals for the Dutch during the late 1990s.