John-John Dominique Dohmen (born 24 January 1988) is a Belgian professional

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player who plays for Orée and the Belgium national team as a midfielder.

Biography

John-John Dohmen was born in

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

in 1988, and spent his youth in

Ittre Ittre (; wa, Ite; nl, Itter, ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. Since the Fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, Ittre and Virg ...

. He has graduated in

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. In 2014, he was a candidate for the

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in the Belgian regional elections in

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. Dohmen started playing hockey when he was five years old, and debuted at

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. He was a player for the Waterloo Ducks until 2020, and since 2013, the captain of the Belgian national team (the "Red Lions"). He has won five national titles, one with Léopold and four with Waterloo. He was named Belgian hockey player of the year for the season 2008–2009. In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Dohmen's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the

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International career

Dohmen debuted with the national team when he was only 16 years old, in a match against Italy. As of June 30th 2023, he had played 450 matches for the Red Lions. He participated in his first Olympics at the

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and the

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. Dohmen became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in

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Olympic silver medalist

In his third Olympics,

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, Dohmen led his team to the silver medal in the men's field hockey tournament.

World hockey player of the year

At the 2016

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, the main awards given by the

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, Dohmen was crowned the 2016 FIH Player of the Year. He was previously nominated for the same award in 2013 and 2015.

Awards

*2009: Belgian hockey player of the year *2016: Officer in the Order of Walloon Merit *2017: FIH Player of the Year 2016 at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dohmen, John-John 1988 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players People from Anderlecht Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Royal Léopold Club players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Brussels 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players