Margot van Geffen
 Margot van Geffen at the 2015 EuroHockey | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Born |
23 November 1989 Tilburg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HC 's-Hertogenbosch | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011– | Netherlands | 168 | (12) |
Medal record | |||
Margot van Geffen (born 23 November 1989) is a Dutch field hockey player.
She took up field hockey aged six and became a member of the Dutch national team in 2011. She won the 2014 World Cup and a gold and a silver medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively.[3] After the 2012 Olympics she was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[2][4]
Van Geffen was not chosen for the Dutch team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. This marked the end of her international career, during which she became number three in the Dutch all-time rankings with 265 international hockey matches played.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Margot van Geffen Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b Margot van Geffen. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Margot van Geffen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ Margot van Geffen. london2012.com
- ^ "Netherlands women axe Drummond-De Goede and Van Geffen from Paris Olympic build-up". thehockeypaper.co.uk. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
External links[edit]
Media related to Margot van Geffen at Wikimedia Commons
- Margot van Geffen at the International Hockey Federation
- Margot van Geffen at Olympics.com
- Margot van Geffen at Olympedia
- Margot van Geffen at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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