Fleur Nicolette Andrea van de Kieft (born 22 October 1973 in

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) is a former

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striker from the

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, who played 137 official international matches for Holland, in which she scored a total number of 44 goals. Van de Kieft was a member of the Dutch Women's Team that won the bronze medal at the

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, after defeating

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(2-0) in the third place match. Four years earlier, when

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hosted the Games, she won her first Olympic bronze medal. A player from Laren and

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Van de Kieft made her debut for the Dutch on 29 January 1996 in a friendly against the

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. Her last cap came on 1 September 2002, when Holland defeated

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: 4–3.

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* 1973 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Amsterdam Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub