Geert-Jan Marie Derikx 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

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens

Athens

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The defender made his debut in May 1, 2002 in a friendly match against Germany

Germany

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: 1-1. He plays for Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club

Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club

SCHC is the acronym of the field hockey club Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club, which is located in Bilthoven, Utrecht. The club was founded on November 22, 1906, and had – as of January 1, 2006 – 2.100 members, which makes it the fourth-largest field hockey club in The Netherlands.The...

 in the Dutch League (Hoofdklasse), after a long time spell with HC Klein Zwitserland

HC Klein Zwitserland

HC Klein Zwitserland is a field hockey club from The Hague, Netherlands, which was founded on September 20, 1908. With 1.591 members – as of January 1, 2006 – it is the tenth club in the Netherlands...

 in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

. His younger brother Rob

Rob Derikx

Rob Gerard Marie Derikx is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

 is also a member of the Dutch field hockey squad. In the summer of 2007 he moved to 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...

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