Caia van Maasakker (born 5 April 1989) 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 winning a gold medal. She was part of the Netherlands's silver medal winning side at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

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* 1989 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 of the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players from The Hague Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Female field hockey defenders SCHC players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub