Lisanne Freya de Roever (born 6 June 1979 in

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) 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 ci ...

player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club SV Kampong. She made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 5 March 2005 in a friendly match against

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. De Roever was a member of the Dutch squad that won the silver medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. She was also part of the squad that became World Champion at the

2006 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeat ...

and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy. At the

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she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team beating

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in the final 2–0.

References

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Dutch Olympic Committee

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* 1979 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Amstelveen Field hockey players from North Holland SV Kampong players 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch women {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub