Wieke Elisabeth Henriëtte Dijkstra (born 19 June 1984) 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, who plays as midfielder for Dutch club Laren. Dijkstra was born in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. In addition to her club career, she plays for the Netherlands national team, most of the time as a defender. She was 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 ...

and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy. She recently played her 70th official international match during the 2008 Beijing Olympics final. At the

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she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team beating

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in the final 2–0.

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* 1984 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub