Merel de Blaeij (also spelled Blaey, born 2 December 1986) 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. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, she competed for the
Netherlands women's national field hockey team
The Netherlands' national women's field hockey team is currently number one on the FIH world rankings and the reigning world champion. The Netherlands is the most successful team in World Cup history, having won the title a record nine times. Th ...
in the
women's event.
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1986 births
Living people
Dutch female field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players from The Hague
HC Klein Zwitserland players
20th-century Dutch women
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch women
Female indoor hockey players
2011 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
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