Aletta van Manen (born 20 October 1958) is a retired Dutch

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

defender, who won a gold medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, and a bronze at the 1988 Games. From 1983 to 1988 she played a total number of 81 international matches for Holland, in which she scored two goals. Van Manen retired after the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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* 1958 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Wageningen Sportspeople from Gelderland Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics HGC players 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub