Augustinus ("Guus") Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels (born March 26, 1975 in

Naaldwijk Naaldwijk () is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km southwest of The Hague. Naaldwijk lies in the heart of Westland. The largest economic sector is greenhouse ...

, South Holland) is a Dutch field hockey

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the

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and four years later, at the

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in Sydney. In 2004 he was the starter and won the silver medal with the Dutch team in

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. Vogels made his debut in January 1996, at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in

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, in the match against Belgium: 8–4. He plays for HGC (H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie) in the Dutch League (''Hoofdklasse''). Vogels was named Best Goalkeeper at the 2004 Champions Trophy in

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, Pakistan. Also Vogels was named the best player in the Hockey World Cup 2010 held at New Delhi.

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1975 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey People from Naaldwijk Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics HGC players Sportspeople from South Holland {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub