Pieter van Straaten

Pieter van Straaten
Personal information
Full namePieter Georges van Straaten
Born (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionForward
ClubAntwerp
Youth career
Team
– Alecto
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Alecto - -
–2018 HDM - -
2018–2020 Waterloo Ducks - -
2020–present Antwerp - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2012–2013 France U–21 12 (2)
2012–present France 97 (17)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  France
Junior World Cup
Silver medal – second place2013 New Delhi

Pieter Georges van Straaten (born 23 October 1992)[1] is a French field hockey player who plays as a forward for Belgian Hockey League club Antwerp and the French national team.[2]

Career

Under–21

Pieter van Straaten debuted for the France U–21 team in 2012 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in 's-Hertogenbosch.[3]

The following year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in New Delhi. At the tournament he won a silver medal, a history making performance for the French team.[4][5]

Senior national team

Van Straaten made his debut for the French national team in 2012.[2]

In 2018, he represented his country at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar.[6]

Since his debut, Pieter van Straaten has been a regular fixture in the national squad.[4] He won his first major medal with the senior team in 2019 at the FIH Series Finals in Le Touquet, taking home a gold medal.[7][4]

He was a member of the national team at the 2021 EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam,[8] and was also named in the French squad for the 2021–22 FIH Pro League.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Team Details – France". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Pieter VAN STRAATEN". ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Jong Oranjemannen verliezen EK-finale van Belgen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "van STRAATEN Pieter". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Germany lifts the Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men 2013 Beats France 5-2". hockeyindia.org. Hockey India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "France". worldcup2018.hockey. FIH World Cup. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "GREEN MACHINE SUFFERS THE BLUES AS HOST NATION SWEEPS TO VICTORY". fihseriesfinals.com. FIH Series Finals. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Pieter van Straaten". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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