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Lieke van Wijk

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Lieke van Wijk
Personal information
Full name Lieke van Wijk
Born (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31)
Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Senior career
Years Team
- 2019 Laren
2019 - 2022 Hurley
2022 - Pinoké
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Netherlands U18 6 (5)
2012–14 Netherlands U21 16 (23)
2016– Netherlands Indoor 29 (27)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Netherlands
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Team
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mönchengladbach
European Indoor Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Minsk
Silver medal – second place 2018 Prague
Silver medal – second place 2020 Minsk
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hamburg
Women's indoor hockey
Indoor World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pretoria

Lieke van Wijk (born 18 September 1993)[1] is a Dutch field hockey player.[2]

Career

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Club hockey

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In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, van Wijk played club hockey until 2019 for Laren. With Laren she won the Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey in 2018. From the 2019 season she played 3 years for Hurley and from 2022 on she is playing for Pinoké. In the 2022-2023 season, van Wijk became again Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey champion of the Netherlands together with Pinoké.[3]

National teams

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Under–21

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Playing for Netherlands junior teams for 4 years, van Wijk won 4 gold medals; two EuroHockey Junior Nations Championships, one Youth Olympic Games and one Junior World Cup.[4]

Indoor

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Lieke van Wijk also plays at an international level for the Netherlands Indoor hockey team. With the team, she won gold at the 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship,[5] silver at the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, silver at the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship and again silver at the 2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.[6]

At the 2018 Indoor Hockey World Cup van Wijk won silver.[7] Van Wijk won gold at the 2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lieke VAN WIJK". olympic.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Lieke van Wijk". hockey.nl. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ "'Larens vijftal' helpt Pinoké aan primeur". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "van WIJK Lieke". FIH. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ "2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship (Women)". FIH. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Lieke van Wijk: Ik ben extreem trots op dit oranje team". hockey.nl. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018 (Women)". FIH. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Players of the Netherlands (Women)". FIH. Retrieved 6 February 2023.