Marten Eikelboom (born 12 October 1973 in

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) is a field hockey striker from the

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, who was a member of the Dutch team that won the gold medal at the

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in Sydney. After the

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(2002) he retired from the national squad, but in 2004 he made a comeback, just because of the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, where he finished second. Eikelboom played 177 international matches for the Dutch, in which he scored a total number of 58 goals. He made his debut on 5 June 1994 in a friendly against

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. In the Dutch League he played for Hattem and

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, with whom he won the title four times.

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1973 births Living people Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zwolle Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub