Joyce Sombroek (born 10 September 1990) is a former Dutch goalkeeper of the field hockey team of the Netherlands. Her international debut was on June 29, 2010 and in total she played 117 caps (February 2, 2017). With the Dutch national team Sombroek won every title you can win as a professional field hockey player. Her biggest achievements are the gold medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, silver medal at the

2016 Rio de Janeiro ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

and winning 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 The Hague. In both Olympic semi finals Sombroek played an important role by stopping multiple shoot-outs and leading her team into the finals. Sombroek also won several individual titles. The Féderation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) chose her for the international All Star team in 2010 and 2011 FIH All-Star Teams and Sombroek was nominated for Best Young Player of the World in 2012. On top of that she was chosen as Best Goalkeeper of the World in 2014 and 2015. In the highest National league of the Netherlands, the Hoofdklasse, she became vice-champion of the Netherlands in 2010, 2011 and 2012 with the first ladies team of Hockeyclub Laren. In this competition Sombroek got named 'Talent of the year' in 2010 and 'Best player of the year' in 2012. At the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup she and her teammates won a bronze medal in 2011, a gold medal in 2012 and a silver medal in 2013. Her last titles were the National Indoor Championships in 2018 and the EuroHockey Indoor Championships in 2019 in Hamburg. Sombroek combined her career as a professional athlete with her medicine studies at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and is now working as a doctor. She also regularly gives presentations and is a devoted ambassador for several charities.

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* * 1990 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Sportspeople from Alkmaar Field hockey players from North Holland Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub