Sylvia Jeanne Alice Karres (born 8 November 1976 in Leiderdorp) is a retired Dutch field hockey player who played as an attacker for Dutch club Amsterdam. She also played for the Netherlands national team. Karres was a member of the Dutch squad that won the silver medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens. She was also part of the Dutch squad that became world champions at the

2006 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeat ...

, where she was the top goal scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

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1976 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Leiderdorp Field hockey players from South Holland 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub