Sophie Polkamp (born 2 August 1984 in Groningen) 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 ...

player, who played as defender for Dutch club Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club and later for

Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club (founded 28 January 1892) is the oldest field hockey club of the Netherlands, based in Amstelveen. AH&BC is also the largest field hockey club in the city (2286 members). The team is a powerhouse of both domestic ...

(AHBC). Polkamp also plays for the Netherlands national team and 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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team, beating China in the final 2–0.Olympic results
/ref> Polkamp was also a gold medallist in the 2012 London Olympic Games, where the Netherlands beat

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, also 2–0. She announced her retirement from international competition on 3 June 2013, shortly after the AHBC had been Dutch champions.

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* 1984 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 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 Sportspeople from Groningen (city) Female field hockey defenders SCHC players Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub