Joost Claushuis

Joost Claushuis (19 ??) played fifteen caps (zero goals) for the Dutch hockey team . The keeper of the late seventies and early eighties supreme HC Little Switzerland made his debut on July 26 1980 in the friendly match against Zimbabwe Netherlands (3-4) in Zimbabwe .

In the same year he got six goals against in a game against Australia (6-2) - a rarity for the Netherlands. Under coach Wim van Heumen he fought with in those years for successful HCKZ colleague Pierre Hermans for hegemony under the crossbar.

Claushuis, a pacemaker for his club from The Hague, never attended a single Olympics . However, he was part of the Dutch selection in 1982 took part in the World Championship in Bombay , India, where the Netherlands eventually had to settle for fourth place. After his active career Claushuis remained active in hockey; he later worked as a Dutch importer and manufacturer Dita hockey, and performed numerous works for his club HCKZ.