Abraham ("Bram") Robertus Lomans (born 19 April 1975 in

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player, who twice won the gold medal at the Olympics: in

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). He made his debut for the Dutch side on 16 June 1995 in a friendly match against

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. Since then the defender has played 201 international matches for Holland, in which he scored 140 goals. Lomans was famous for his

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s. He is one of the precursors of the

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technique that appeared in the 1990s. Just before the

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, he was removed from the team by coach Terry Walsh. Lomans played in the Dutch League for

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, and stopped at top level in the spring of 2005. He made a comeback for the 2006–07 season in the Dutch League and scored more than 20 goals once again. He was renamed in the national team in June 2007. In 2014, Lomans, now living in Singapore, reignited his career with the Singapore Dutch, and helped the side seal gold with a 5–0 victory over Hong Kong in the final of the ZOAT at HKFC's Sports Road ground. Following the disappointment of the 2015 ZOAT, in which the Singapore Dutch finished 9th in Bangkok despite only conceding one goal the entire tournament, Lomans was determined to make amends at the annual 2016 SCC sixes tournament at The Padang. The Dutch came close to a place in the finals but eventually fell to local rivals SRC in the semi-finals, 2–0. As a small measure of consolation, Lomans was named player of the tournament, beating out team-mate Paul Rombeek, who lost out on points for his raucous behaviour on the dance floor.

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1975 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Dutch field hockey coaches Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Roosendaal Field hockey players from North Brabant Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics HGC (field hockey) players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub