Anne Veenendaal
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| Born | 7 September 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
| Club | Amsterdam | ||||||||||||
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Anne Veenendaal (born 7 September 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player for the Dutch national team who plays as a goalkeeper.[1]
Veenendaal made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 22 August 2015, at the age of nineteen, in a match against Poland during the 2015 European Championship in London.[1]
With the Dutch team she won gold at the 2017 European Championship,[1] and the 2018 World Cup.[2][3][4] She was also part of the gold-winning women's field hockey team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5] She is openly lesbian.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Anne Veenendaal". hockey.nl. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ "Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Netherlands". FIH. p. 12.
- ↑ "Glorious Dutch dominate and record books are re-written". FIH. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Women's Hockey World Cup: Netherlands win final to end Irish odyssey". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Hockey at Paris 2024: Golden Dutch Double secured as Oranje women edge China in thriller". fih.hockey. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ↑ Outsports (12 July 2021). "At least 181 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
External links
- Anne Veenendaal at the International Hockey Federation
- Anne Veenendaal at Olympics.com
- Anne Veenendaal at Olympedia
- Anne Veenendaal at InterSportStats
- Anne Veenendaal at TeamNL (in Dutch)
- Anne Veenendaal on Instagram
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Dutch women's field hockey players
- Women's field hockey goalkeepers
- Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players
- Dutch lesbian sportswomen
- LGBTQ field hockey players
- 21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Dutch field hockey Olympic medalist stubs