Jan Driessen
{{Short description|Dutch basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
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| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|12|04|df=y}}
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| career_start =2014
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| years1 =2014–2017
| team1 =ZZ Leiden
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's 3x3 basketball}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{3x3|NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{Medal|Competition|Europe Cup}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Bucharest|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Graz|}}
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Jan Driessen (born 4 December 1996){{cite web |title=DRIESSEN Jan |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jan-driessen_1970797 |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=2 August 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823021342/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jan-driessen_1970797 |archive-date=23 August 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/jan-driessen_1970797 alternate link]) is a Dutch basketball player. He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 3x3 event and won the gold medal with the Dutch national 3x3 team.
5x5 basketball career
After playing for their under-20 team,{{Cite web |date=27 July 2015 |title=Jan Driessen blijft bij ZZ Leiden |url=https://www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl/actueel/nieuws/bericht/jan-driessen-blijft-bij-zz-leiden |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=ZZ Leiden |language=nl}} Driessen made his professional debut for ZZ Leiden in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) in the 2014–15 season, under coach Eddy Casteels. He was named to the DBL All-Rookie Team, and signed a two-year contract in July 2015. On 17 December 2016, he scored a career-high 14 points against Apollo Amsterdam.{{Cite web |last=Proballers |title=Leiden vs. Apollo Amsterdam - Dec 17, 2016 - Game recap |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/game/352589/zz-leiden-apollo-amsterdam-2016-12-17 |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=Proballers |language=en}}
In June 2017, Driessen decided to return to amateur-level play with Lokomotief, in order to focus on his academic career.{{Cite web |date=8 June 2017 |title=Jan Driessen verlaat ZZ Leiden |url=https://www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl/actueel/nieuws/bericht/jan-driessen-verlaat-zz-leiden |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=ZZ Leiden |language=nl}} He played 80 games for Leiden, scoring 158 points in 822 minutes.
References
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External links
- {{FIBA|new_id=210329}}
- {{FIBA 3x3}}
- {{Olympics.com|jan-driessen}}
- {{TeamNL|jan-driessen}}
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Category:Dutch men's basketball players
Category:3x3 basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic 3x3 basketball players for the Netherlands
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic medalists in 3x3 basketball
Category:Basketball players at the 2019 European Games
Category:European Games competitors for the Netherlands
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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