Lidewij Welten
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch. (March 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
.jpg) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
16 July 1990 Eindhoven, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HC 's-Hertogenbosch | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2005- | HC 's-Hertogenbosch | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2024 | Netherlands | 187 | (71) |
Medal record | |||
Lidewij Welten (born 16 July 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player.[1]
Welten was a part of the Dutch national team in the youth and is seen as one of the most promising talents in the world. National coach Marc Lammers selected her for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which was her first larger international tournament in which she participated.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team beating China in the final 2–0. She won a second gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Olympics, she was part of the Dutch team that won silver.[2]
At the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup in London, she won the gold medal with the Dutch team beating Ireland in the final 6–0 where she scored one of the goals. She was named player of the tournament.[3][4]
On January 27, 2024, she announced via Instagram she was let go from the Dutch national team
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Lidewij Welten". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lidewij Welten". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Germany". FIH. p. 6.
- ^ "Award winners: Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup London 2018". FIH. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
External links[edit]
- Lidewij Welten at the International Hockey Federation
- Lidewij Welten at Olympics.com
- Lidewij Welten at Olympedia
- Lidewij Welten at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
 | ||
| ||
| | |
| ||
| | |
| ||
| | |
| ||
| ||
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Dutch female field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Eindhoven
- Field hockey players from North Brabant
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Female field hockey forwards
- HC Den Bosch players
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Dutch women
- 21st-century Dutch people