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| Full name | Jochem Pieter de Gruijter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1978 Leidschendam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 328 cm (129 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jochem Pieter de Gruijter (born 18 April 1978, in Leidschendam, South Holland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national men's team that won the gold medal at the 1997 European Championships on home soil (Eindhoven and Den Bosch).
De Gruijter made his international debut for the Netherlands in 1995 against Italy. He obtained a total number of 120 caps for the national team. Later on he started a career in beach volleyball, partnering Gijs Ronnes. [1]
