Jacques Brinkman

Jacques Brinkman is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the golden medal with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he played his last international tournament for the Dutch, after a career spanning more than thirteen years.
Brinkman made his debut on 1 May 1987 in a friendly match against West-Germany. As a midfielder, he played 337 international matches for Holland, in which he scored 84 goals, making him Holland's most capped player. Brinkman surpassed the previous record holder, Cees [Jan Diepeveen], in 1998. He won the Hockey World Cup in 1990 and 1998, and also the annual Hockey [Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]. In the Dutch League he played for Kampong (field [hockey club)|Kampong], Amsterdamsche [Hockey & Bandy Club|Amsterdam H&BC] and Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club. Since the summer of 2003 he has been head coach with his former club from SCHC from Bilthoven.