Xan de Waard

Xan de Waard
De Waard in 2014
Personal information
Born (1995-11-08) 8 November 1995
Renkum, Netherlands
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfielder
ClubSCHC
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2012– Netherlands 231 (22)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2014 The Hague
Gold medal – first place2018 London
Gold medal – first place2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place2019 Antwerp
Gold medal – first place2023 Mönchengladbach
Gold medal – first place2025 Mönchengladbach
Silver medal – second place2015 London
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2018 Changzhou
Silver medal – second place2016 London
Bronze medal – third place2014 Mendoza

Xan de Waard (born 8 November 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player.[1][2] She received the FIH Player of the Year Award two times in her career, in 2023 and 2025.[3][4]

De Waard made her debut for the Netherlands national field hockey team on 4 February 2013 in a match against Australia. In that same year, she was also selected for the Hockey World League and subsequently included in the final squad for the 2014 World Cup in The Hague. With the Dutch national team, where she usually plays as a midfielder,[1] De Waard became a two-time Olympic champion (2020, 2024), a three-time world champion (2014, 2018, 2022) and a four-time European champion (2017, 2019, 2023, 2025).[1] In 2023, she became captain of the Dutch team, after having shared the captaincy with Pien Sanders and Marloes Keetels the year before.

De Waard has played over 230 international matches for the Dutch national team.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Xan de Waard". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Player detail - Hockey World Cup 2014". Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Xan de Waard beste hockeyster ter wereld, Blaak beste keeper". nos.nl (in Dutch). 19 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Boon, De Waard crowned FIH Players of the Year". insidethegames.biz. 2025-11-22. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
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