Margot van Geffen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Geffen, not Geffen.
Margot van Geffen
Margot van Geffen at the 2015 EuroHockey
Personal information
Born (1989-11-23) 23 November 1989 (age 34)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Playing position Defender[2]
Club information
Current club HC 's-Hertogenbosch
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Netherlands 168 (12)
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 The Hague
Gold medal – first place 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Gold medal – first place 2021 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Silver medal – second place 2015 London
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changzhou
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Rosario
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Mendoza

Margot van Geffen (born 23 November 1989) is a Dutch field hockey player.

She took up field hockey aged six and became a member of the Dutch national team in 2011. She won the 2014 World Cup and a gold and a silver medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively.[3] After the 2012 Olympics she was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[2][4]

Van Geffen was not chosen for the Dutch team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. This marked the end of her international career, during which she became number three in the Dutch all-time rankings with 265 international hockey matches played.[5]

References

  1. ^ Margot van Geffen Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ a b Margot van Geffen. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ "Margot van Geffen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  4. ^ Margot van Geffen. london2012.com
  5. ^ "Netherlands women axe Drummond-De Goede and Van Geffen from Paris Olympic build-up". thehockeypaper.co.uk. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

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