Jochem de Gruijter

As of July 13, 2011

Jochem de Gruijter ( born April 18, 1978 in Leidschendam ) is a former Dutch volleyball and beach volleyball player.

Career

De Gruijter debuted in 1995 in the Dutch national volleyball team. Two years later, he won the European Championship with the team in their own countries by 3-1 in the final against Yugoslavia. Overall, he came to 120 appearances in the national team.

2003 played his first international de Gruijter Beach tournaments with Gijs Ronnes. The following year, the two Dutch occupied the 19th place at the European Championship in Timmendorfer beach. The World Cup in 2005 they finished after defeats against the Norwegians Horrem / Pettersen and the Brazilians Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz 25th ranked Her biggest success was de Gruijter / Ronnes at the European Championships in 2006 when she only in the final against the Germans Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann documents. At the 2007 World Championships in Gstaad they parted from third parties as a group after the group stage. A year later ended de Gruijter his international career.