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 {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub