Taeke Taekema

Taeke Taekema

Personal information
Born	14 January 1980 Leiderdorp
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team European Championship 2007 Manchester Team 2005 Leipzig Team 2011 Gladbach Team Champions Trophy 2000 Amstelveen Team 2002 Cologne Team 2003 Amstelveen Team 2006 Terrassa Team 2004 Lahore Team 2005 Chennai Team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team 2011 Auckland Team

Taeke Wiebe Doekes Taekema (born 14 January 1980) is a Dutch field hockey player and drag flicker (penalty corner specialist) who won the silver medal with the national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Born in Leiderdorp, he made his debut on 28 January 2000 in a friendly match in and against Egypt and has played in over two hundred international matches for the Dutch.

During the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship, Taekema struck a record 16 goals, including a double hat trick against Belgium in the semi-finals. Sportswear maker Adidas introduced its limited edition TT10 hockey stick, which incorporated Taekema's initials and jersey number.

He was the Top scorer in the 2010 Hockey World Cup held in NewDelhi with 8 goals along with Luke Doerner. Taekema currently plays for the Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club, based in the Dutch capital.

References

• Profile

Netherlands squad – 2000 Champions Trophy
1 Jansen 4 Jazet 6 Van Pelt 7 Van der Weide 8 Brinkman 9 Geeris 10 Veen (c) 12 Delmee 13 Vogels 14 De Nooijer 15 Van Wijk 16 Buma 17 Windt 18 Eikelboom 19 Van Esseveldt 21 Van Weel 24 Taekema 25 Brouwer Coach: Hendriks

Netherlands squad – 2002 Champions Trophy
1 Vogels 2 Lomans 3 G. Derikx 4 Jazet 6 Evers 7 Van der Weide 8 R. Brouwer 9 Geeris 11 Froger 12 Delmee (c) 13 Kramer 14 De Nooijer 16 Van 't Land 18 Reckers 19 M. Brouwer 23 R. Derikx 24 Taekema 25 Booij Coach: Bellaart

Netherlands squad – 2003 Champions Trophy
1 Vogels 2 Lomans 3 G. Derikx 4 Jazet 5 R. Derikx 6 Evers 7 Van der Weide 8 R. Brouwer 9 Geeris 10 Taekema 12 Delmee (c) 14 De Nooijer 15 Klaver 16 Van 't Land 17 Veering 18 Reckers 19 M. Brouwer 21 Meijer Coach: Bellaart

Netherlands squad – 2004 Champions Trophy
1 Vogels 3 G. Derikx 5 R. Derikx 6 Evers 7 Van der Weide 8 R. Brouwer 10 Taekema 12 Delmee (c) 13 Veering 14 De Nooijer 15 Klaver 18 Reckers 19 M. Brouwer 20 Mahieu 21 Meijer 22 Weusthof 23 Hoyng 24 Van der Horst Coach: Walsh

Netherlands squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Vogels 2 R. Derikx 3 G. Derikx 4 Jazet 6 Evers 7 van der Weide 8 R. Brouwer 10 Taekema 11 Eikelboom 12 Delmee (c) 13 Veering 14 de Nooijer 15 Klaver 18 Reckers 19 M. Brouwer 22 Mahieu Coach: Walsh

Netherlands squad – 2005 Champions Trophy
1 Vogels 3 G. Derikx 4 Klaver 7 Van der Weide 8 R. Brouwer 10 Taekema 12 Delmee (c) 13 Veering 14 De Nooijer 16 Evers 17 Rohof 18 Reckers 19 M. Brouwer 21 Brekelmans 22 Weusthof 23 Hoyng 24 Van der Horst 25 Balkestein Coach: Oltmans

Netherlands squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 4th place
1 Vogels 3 G. Derikx 5 R. Derikx 6 Boerma 7 Van der Weide 8 R. Brouwer 9 Weusthof 10 Taekema 11 Docherty 12 Delmee (c) 14 De Nooijer 18 Reckers 19 M. Brouwer 20 Hertzberger 23 Hoyng 24 Van der Horst Coach: Oltmans

Netherlands squad – 2011 Champions Trophy
2 Stockman 4 Vermeulen 7 Jolie 9 Weusthof 10 Taekema 11 Hertzberger 14 de Nooijer 19 Voogd 20 de Wijn 22 Hofman 24 van der Horst 25 S. van Ass 26 Verga 27 Caspers 28 Bakker 29 Jenniskens 30 van der Weerden 32 Blaak Coach: P. van Ass