Roderick Weusthof
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Roderick Weusthof is a field hockey
Field hockey
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 player from the Netherlands
Netherlands
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Weusthof was part of the Dutch national team
Netherlands national field hockey team
The Netherlands national field hockey team is the national team of the Netherlands that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...

 for the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore
Lahore
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 where the Dutch won the silver medal. In 2005 in Chennai
Chennai
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 they won another silver medal at the same event as well as at the European Championships in Leipzig
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. His first international gold medal was won in Terrassa
Terrassa
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 in 2007 at the Champions Trophy. In addition the next gold medal was at the 2007 European Championships in Manchester, but in between they performed under their standards at the World Championships in Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
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 with only a seventh position. At the Champions League in 2008 in Rotterdam
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 they finished fourth. He also is part of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
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