Thijs van Dam

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dam, not Dam.

Thijs van Dam
Personal information
Full name Thijs Johannes
Reinier van Dam
Born (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 28)
Delft, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Rotterdam
Youth career
Ring Pass Delft
Rotterdam
Senior career
Years Team
Rotterdam
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2016– Netherlands (indoor) 5 (2)
2016–2017 Netherlands U21 14 (4)
2017– Netherlands 54 (7)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Breda
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Valencia

Thijs Johannes Reinier van Dam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛis fɑn ˈdɑm]; born 5 January 1997) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Rotterdam and the Dutch national team.[1]

Club career

Born in Delft, van Dam started playing at Ring Pass Delft.[2] After the under 14s, he switched to Rotterdam where he currently still plays in the first team.[2]

International career

Van Dam's first international match was for the Dutch national indoor hockey team at the 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, where they finished seventh.[3] In November 2016, van Dam was selected for the 2016 Junior World Cup, where the team finished seventh.[4] He made his debut for the senior national team in a test match in Cape Town, South Africa.[5] He was not selected for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship so he played at the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.[6] He was part of the Dutch team that won the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup. Due to a hip operation, he had to mis the 2019 Pro League.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Thijs van Dam". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Wagtman, Stan (15 November 2018). "Delftenaar van Dam naar WK hockey". www.delftsepost.nl (in Dutch). Delftse Post. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. ^ Mansier, Jeroen. "Van Dijk en Huybregts vallen af bij Jong Oranje Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Max Caldas maakt groep voor trainingsstage Kaapstad bekend". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Thijs van Dam baalde even, maar ziet in EK U21 een mooie uitdaging". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Revaliderende Thijs van Dam droomt nog van het EK hockey". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.