Maryse Abendanon (born 15 November 1966 in Amsterdam) is a former 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 earned a total number of seventeen international caps in 1987 for the Dutch women's team, in which she scored four goals. She was a member of the squad that won the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy in 1987.

Biography

Abendanon grew up in the city of Baarn, Netherlands. In her youth at the Baarnsch Lyceum she played in the national B- and later on A-teams. After her breakthrough as youth-player, she began to play at the highest level at that moment in the national competition. She did this at the hockey-club of Laren, Netherlands. At the age of 18 she has been selected for 'Jong-Oranje', the Dutch national youth team. She also transfers herself to the

Amsterdamsche 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 ...

, the Amsterdam hockey-club. She would play by then sixteen times for the Dutch national team. In 1987 she won the Champions Trophy in

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and the

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. After her career, she became a trainer at hockey-clubs in Muiderberg and Baarn,Hockestyle 15 September 2016
/ref> where she still lives and works.

References

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Dutch Hockey Federation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abendanon, Maryse 1966 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Field hockey players from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people