Rob Gerard 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

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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The midfielder made his debut on April 18, 2001 in a friendly match against Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

: 2-3. 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 Den Bosch

HC Den Bosch

Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch is a Dutch field hockey club, which was founded on July 14, 1937 in 's-Hertogenbosch. With a total number of 1.977 members it is currently the sixth hockeyclub in the Netherlands....

. His older brother Geert-Jan

Geert-Jan Derikx

Geert-Jan 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 2003 he was nominated by the International Hockey Federation

International Hockey Federation

The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...

(FIH) for the Talent of the Year Award.