Marijn Anne Elise Veen (born 18 November 1996) is a field hockey player from the
Netherlands
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who plays as a forward.
Personal life
Marijn Veen was born and raised in
Utrecht
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, Netherlands.
She is the daughter of former Dutch international player
Stephan Veen
Stephan Patrick Veen (born 27 July 1970, in Groningen) is a retired field hockey forward and midfielder from The Netherlands, who twice became olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000
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. and former Dutch international player Susan van der Wielen
Career
Club hockey
Veen played for
Kampong
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until 2017 when she transferred to Amsterdam.
National teams
Indoor
In
2016
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and
2018
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, Veen was a member of the Netherlands Indoor team at the
EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship
The EuroHockey Nations Championships are a European indoor field hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation (EHF). The tournament was started in 1974 for both men's competition and the women's competition.
In the men's competi ...
in
Minsk
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and
Prague
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, winning gold and silver medals respectively.
She followed this up with a silver medal at the
2018 Indoor World Cup in
Berlin
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.
Under–18 and Under–21
Veen was part of the
Netherlands U–18 Team at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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where the team finished second, losing to China in the final.
From 2015 to 2017, Veen was a member of the
Netherlands U–21 team. She captained the team to a gold medal at the
2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship in
Valencia
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.
Oranje Dames
Veen made her senior international debut in November 2018 at the
Champions Trophy. She scored two goals in her debut, in a 3–1 win against Japan.
In 2019, Veen won two gold medals with the national team; at the
Grand Final
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of the
FIH Pro League FIH Pro League may refer to:
*Men's FIH Pro League, a tournament in men's field hockey
*Women's FIH Pro League
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in
Amstelveen
Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.
The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages o ...
and at the
EuroHockey Nations Championship
The EuroHockey Nations Championship is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Nations Championships. Th ...
in
Antwerp
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International goals
References
External links
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1996 births
living people
Dutch female field hockey players
Female field hockey forwards
Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
SV Kampong players
Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players
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2018 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players