Pirmin Blaak
 Pirmin Blaak | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 March 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Oranje-Rood | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | HC Barendrecht | ||
| 2000–2006 | Rotterdam | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2016 | Rotterdam | ||
| 2016– | Oranje-Rood | ||
| 2024-present | Rarh Bengal Tigers | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011– | Netherlands | 106 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||
Pirmin Blaak (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɪrmɪm ˈblaːk]; born 8 March 1988) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper[1] for Oranje-Rood and the Dutch national team.
Club career
[edit]Blaak started playing hockey at HC Barendrecht. In 2000 he switched to Rotterdam, with whom he won their first national title in 2013. He played there for 16 years until 2016 when he switched to Oranje-Rood.[2]
International career
[edit]Blaak made his debut for the national team in 2011. He was the second goalkeeper behind Jaap Stockmann until 2016 when he became the joint first goalkeeper with Sam van der Ven. For the 2018 World Cup he was chosen as the first goalkeeper for the tournament.[3] In June 2019, he was selected as the joint first goalkeeper in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[4] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pirmin Blaak". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Liebrand, Anneke (2 March 2016). "Pirmin Blaak naar HC Oranje-Rood". www.ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Eindelijk hoofdrol voor Pirmin Blaak bij Oranje". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Pirmin Blaak at the International Hockey Federation
- Pirmin Blaak at the European Hockey Federation
- Pirmin Blaak at Olympedia
- Pirmin Blaak at Olympics.com
- Pirmin Blaak at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Pirmin Blaak at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Pirmin Blaak on Facebook
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rotterdam
- Field hockey players from South Holland
- Dutch male field hockey players
- Male field hockey goalkeepers
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- HC Rotterdam players
- HC Oranje-Rood players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey