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Marcel Balkestein (born 29 January 1981 in Geldrop) is a Dutch field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament,^[1] and was part of the Dutch team that won the silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

Balkestein married the Dutch volleyball player Maret Balkestein-Grothues on 5 July 2014.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Men's Hockey: Netherlands". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

v t e Netherlands squad – 2005 Champions Trophy – Runners–up
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

v t e Netherlands squad – 2010 World Cup – 3rd place
1 Vogels 2 Stockmann 3 Derikx 4 Vermeulen 5 Balkestein 7 Jolie 8 Brouwer 10 Taekema 12 Kemperman 14 De Nooijer (c) 16 Evers 18 Reckers 20 Hertzberger 21 Rohof 22 Hofman 24 Van der Horst 26 Verga 28 Bakker Coach: Van den Heuvel

v t e Netherlands squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Stockmann 3 Jenniskens 4 Vermeulen 5 Balkestein 7 Jolie 8 Bakker 9 Weusthof 12 Kemperman 13 Baart 14 de Nooijer 16 Evers 19 de Voogd 20 de Wijn 22 Hofman 24 van der Horst 26 Verga 30 van der Weerden Coach: van Ass

v t e Netherlands squad – 2012 Champions Trophy – Runners–up
1 Stockmann 2 Blaak 3 Jenniskens 4 Vermeulen 5 Balkestein 7 Jolie 8 Bakker 11 Hertzberger 12 Kemperman 15 Baart 19 de Voogd 20 de Wijn 22 Hofman 25 S. van Ass 26 Verga 27 Caspers 29 van der Linden 31 Schuurman Coach: P. van Ass

v t e Netherlands squad – 2014 World Cup – Runners–up
1 Stockmann 3 Van der Linden 4 Vermeulen 5 Balkestein 7 Jolie 8 Bakker 10 Verga 11 Hertzberger 12 Kemperman 13 Baart 20 Galema 22 Hofman 23 De Wijn 24 Van der Horst (c) 25 S. van Ass 26 Blaak 27 Jonker 30 Van der Weerden Coach: P. van Ass