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

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

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Frederique Derkx
profile 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