Maria Verschoor (born 22 April 1994) 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. She began playing for HC Hoekschewaard before joining

HC Rotterdam Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland. It was founded on 16 September 1925. The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is c ...

. She moved up from junior to senior teams and in 2012 she moved to the

Amsterdam Hockey & Bandy Club Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club (founded 28 January 1892) is the oldest field hockey club of the Netherlands, based in Amstelveen. AH&BC is also the largest field hockey club in the city (2286 members). The team is a powerhouse of both domestic ...

. Verschoor joined the Netherlands national team when she was nineteen. She took part in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, when the team took silver. She was also a member of the team which won gold in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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* 1994 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Dordrecht HC Rotterdam players Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub