Marten Eikelboom

Marten Eikelboom
Personal information
Born (1973-10-12) 12 October 1973
Zwolle, Netherlands
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionForward
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Hattem - -
1994–2004 Amsterdam - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
1994–2004 Netherlands 177 (58)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place1994 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal – second place1995 DublinTeam
Silver medal – second place1999 PadovaTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place1996 MadrasTeam
Gold medal – first place1998 LahoreTeam
Gold medal – first place2000 AmstelveenTeam
Bronze medal – third place1999 BrisbaneTeam
Bronze medal – third place2001 RotterdamTeam

Marten Eikelboom (born 12 October 1973, in Zwolle) is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After the World Hockey Cup in Kuala Lumpur (2002), he retired from the national squad, but in 2004 he made a comeback, just because of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished second.

Eikelboom played 177 international matches for the Dutch, scoring a total of 58 goals. He made his debut on 5 June 1994 in a friendly against New Zealand. In the Dutch League he played for Hattem and Amsterdam, with whom he won the title four times.

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