Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel (born 16 April 1987) is a 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 ...
player.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the
Netherlands women's national field hockey team
The Netherlands' national women's field hockey team is currently number one on the FIH world rankings and the reigning world champion. The Netherlands is the most successful team in World Cup history, having won the title a record nine times. Th ...
in the women's event. ''Fox News'' notes her as one of ten
LGBT Olympians to medal in London.
Private life
Carlien is lesbian.
English translation
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1987 births
Living people
Dutch female field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch
Lesbian sportswomen
LGBT field hockey players
Dutch LGBT sportspeople
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Female field hockey midfielders
SCHC players
21st-century LGBT people
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