Geert-Jan Marie Derikx (born 31 October 1980 in Den Bosch, North Brabant) 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.

Geert-Jan Derikx
Personal information
Born (1980-10-31) 31 October 1980 (age 44)
Medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Manchester Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Leipzig Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2002 Cologne Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Amstelveen Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Terrassa Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Lahore Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Chennai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team

The defender made his debut on 1 May 2002 in a friendly match against Germany: 1-1. He plays for Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club in the Dutch League (Hoofdklasse), after a long time spell with HC Klein Zwitserland in The Hague. His younger brother Rob is also a member of the Dutch field hockey squad. In the summer of 2007 he moved to Amsterdam.

References

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  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geert-Jan Derikx". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
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