Rodney van Buizen
baseball player
Rodney van Buizen (born 25 September 1980) is an Australian former professional baseball player.
Career
In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a silver medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. He was equal third in the competition for runs batted in. Van Buizen continues to participate in baseball as a player with the Manly Eagles in the Sydney Major League.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3362698. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1980 and 2004.
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