Laurine Delforge (born 18 July 1990) is an international field hockey umpire and a

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player. She was the winner of the 2016 FIH umpire award and was one of the two first women to umpire at the Euro Hockey League.

Playing career

Delforge started playing hockey when she was 6. She started playing at Royal Parc Hockey Club in Brussels, but later moved to Royal Antwerp. Delforge currently plays for Royal Antwerp in the top Belgian league. She played for all the Belgian youth squads, but has never played for the Belgian national women's team. However, she has been a member of the national indoor field hockey squad since 2011.

Umpiring career

Delforge started umpiring serious in 2008, and received her first international appointment in 2012. In 2016 Delforge won the Golden Whistle for best umpire of the year in Belgium. The same year she umpired in the Olympic field hockey tournament at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She made history being the first Olympic debutant to also umpire the Olympic final. She also won the 2016 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Umpire of the Year award. During the 2018 Women World Cup in London, UK, Delforge umpired her 100th international game. She received the FIH 'Golden Whistle' for this achievement. She went on to umpire the final in that tournament. In 2018 Delforge made history, together with fellow umpire

Michelle Meister Michelle Meister (born 1978) is a German field hockey umpire. She was the 2018 FIH Umpire of the Year and was one of the two first women to umpire at the Euro Hockey League. She umpires for the Köpenicker Hockey-Union in Berlin. Umpiring car ...

, by being the first female umpire in the Euro Hockey League, the annual European men's

cup competition.

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