Remco van Wijk

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Wijk, not Wijk.
Remco van Wijk
Personal information
Born (1972-09-07) 7 September 1972
Breda, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Senior career
Years Team
– Prinsenbeek
– Bloemendaal
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
1993–2002 Netherlands 242 (63)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Utrecht Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Kuala Lumpur Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1996 Madras Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Lahore Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Amstelveen Team
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Kuala Lumpur Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lahore Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Brisbane Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Rotterdam Team

Remco van Wijk (born 7 October 1972 in Breda) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 242 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 63 goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on 5 May 1993 in a friendly match against Ireland (5-1). He retired from international tophockey after the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and became a hockey coach in the summer of 2005, as an assistant at HC Den Bosch.


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