Frederique Derkx (born 20 February 1994,
Heeze
Heeze is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, about 9 km southeast of Eindhoven.
The Heeze Castle is located east of the town. Further east and to the north lies the Strabrechtse ...
) 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.
Life
Derkx started her hockey career at Hockey Heeze. She later played for
HC Den Bosch, where she won two national championships, before moving to
Oranje Zwart
Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...
in 2012. In 2015 she moved to
SCHC, where she still plays.
Derkx was a member of the junior
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 ...
that won the
field hockey tournament at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...
.
She was a member of the Netherlands team that won the
2014 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the men's tournament. ...
.
In 2016 Derkx did not make the final squad for the Olympics. Following this, she announced her retirement from the Dutch national team, having suffered the second hernia in her career. She played a total of 56 caps for the Dutch national squad.
In February 2018 Derkx was surprised to find that she had returned to fitness. She had stopped playing and had been concentrating on her job of coaching at a specialist sports school in Eindhoven. However in August 2017 she had undergone surgery on her back. She gave up playing and in December 2018 she had started training. Her specialists believe that she has a few years left at the top level.
Derkx' sister,
Charlotte Derkx, played hockey for
Oranje Zwart
Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...
in the top Dutch league, and for KHC Dragons in Belgium. Their cousin,
Valerie Magis
Valerie Maria Henriette Magis (born 29 March 1992) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Belgian club Dragons.
Career Club
Valerie Magis played her club hockey for HC Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse, the top national ...
, plays for
HC Oranje-Rood and has also played for the national squad.
References
External links
Frederique Derkxprofile at
hockey.nl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Derkx, Frederique
1994 births
Living people
Dutch female field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Sportspeople from Heeze-Leende
LGBT field hockey players
HC Den Bosch players
Youth Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands