The Most Famous

HOCKEY PLAYERS from Netherlands

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This page contains a list of the greatest Dutch Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 676 Hockey Players, NaN of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 0th most number of Hockey Players.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous Dutch Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Alette Pos (b. 1962)

With an HPI of 47.79, Alette Pos is the most famous Dutch Hockey Player.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Esther ("Alette") Pos (born March 30, 1962) is a former Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who won the gold medal with the Dutch National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. From 1982 to 1988 she played a total number of 28 international matches for Holland, mostly as a stand-in for first choice Det de Beus.

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2. Ronald Jansen (b. 1963)

With an HPI of 43.39, Ronald Jansen is the 2nd most famous Dutch Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Franciscus Ronaldus ("Ronald") Maria Jansen (born 30 December 1963 in Sint-Michielsgestel) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who twice won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics. He played a total number of 183 international matches for his native country, and made his debut on 23 June 1987 at the 1987 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in a match against Argentina.

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3. Carina Benninga (b. 1962)

With an HPI of 43.28, Carina Benninga is the 3rd most famous Dutch Hockey Player.  Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Carina Marguerite Benninga (born 18 August 1962 in Leiden) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 158 international matches for The Netherlands hockey team, in which she scored 25 goals. She was part of the gold medal winning team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Other highlights of her career include gold medals at the EuroHockey Nations Championship and Champions Trophy in 1987, as well as a gold at the 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup and the 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup. Next to her sports career, Carina Benninga studied law; in 1987 she got her Masters’degree. As a captain of the Dutch women's hockey team, Carina Benninga got acquainted with issues of leadership, cooperation, communication, motivation and acceptance. After her active sports career, Carina Benninga completed a series of training courses in the field of psychology and coaching. In 1994 she started her own agency for coaching and consulting. Carina Benninga coaches and advises on the level of both personal development, team development, and organizational development. In the period 1998 - 2015, she was a director at Van Ede & Partners, a leading career and outplacement agency in the Netherlands. Since 2001, Carina Benninga focuses on The Work of Byron Katie; she is Facilitator and Presenter of The Work in Business.

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4. Janneke Schopman (b. 1977)

With an HPI of 40.76, Janneke Schopman is the 4th most famous Dutch Hockey Player.  Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Johanna "Janneke" Dorotheo Maria Schopman (born 26 April 1977) is a former Dutch field hockey player who played as a defender for Dutch club HC Den Bosch and the Netherlands national team. She served as the head coach of the Indian women's national field hockey team. Since 2024 she serves as head coach of the women’s National field hockey team of Germany.

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5. Stephan Veen (b. 1970)

With an HPI of 38.70, Stephan Veen is the 5th most famous Dutch Hockey Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Stephan Patrick Veen (born 27 July 1970, in Groningen) is a retired field hockey forward and midfielder from The Netherlands, who twice became olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as Dutch hockey players born between 1962 and 1977. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dutch hockey players include Alette Pos, Ronald Jansen, and Carina Benninga. As of April 2024, 5 new Dutch hockey players have been added to Pantheon including Alette Pos, Ronald Jansen, and Carina Benninga.

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