Pien Sanders
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 11 June 1998 Udenhout, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Den Bosch | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Medal record | |||||||||||||||||
Pien Sanders (born 11 June 1998) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Den Bosch and the Dutch national team.[1] [2]
Personal life
[edit]Pien Sanders grew up in Tilburg, Netherlands.[1] Sanders is currently in a romantic relationship with Dutch football player Jill Roord.[3]
Sanders is sponsored by Brabo Hockey.[4]
Career
[edit]Club hockey
[edit]In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, Sanders plays for HC Den Bosch.[5]
National teams
[edit]Under–18
[edit]In 2015, Sanders was a member of the Netherlands U–18 side at the EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander, Spain.[6] At the tournament, Sanders won a gold medal with the team and was awarded Player of the Tournament.[7]
Under–21
[edit]Sanders was a member of the Netherlands Under–21 team at the 2016 FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile where the team won a silver medal.[8]
Oranje Dames
[edit]Pien Sanders made her debut for the Oranje Dames in 2017, during a test series against Spain in Cádiz, Spain.[1][8]
Since her debut, Sanders has medalled with the Dutch national team on three occasions, winning gold on each occasion. The medals came at the 2017 EuroHockey Championships in Amstelveen, Netherlands; at the 2016–17 FIH World League in Auckland, New Zealand; and at the 2018 Champions Trophy in Changzhou, China.[8]
In 2019, Sanders appeared in the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League.[9]
International goals
[edit]Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 February 2019 | CeNARD, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Argentina | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2019 FIH Pro League | [10] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Pien Sanders". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ Maskell, Emily (July 7, 2025). "Who are the out 2025 Euros LGBTQ+ Netherlands players facing the Lionesses?". PinkNews. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ↑ "Brabo Hockey – The Style of Play". brabohockey.com. Brabo Hockey. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "Grote Bossche bijdrage in eerste ProLeague-wedstrijden". hcdenbosch.nl (in Dutch). HC Den Bosch. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "SANDERS Pien". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "SANTANDER – EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS ENDED WITH NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY AS CHAMPIONS". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 "SANDERS Pien". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "SANDERS Pien". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ "Argentina 1–2 Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Pien Sanders at the International Hockey Federation
- Pien Sanders at the European Hockey Federation
- Pien Sanders at Olympics.com
- Pien Sanders at Olympedia
- Pien Sanders at InterSportStats
- Pien Sanders at TeamNL (in Dutch)
|  | |
| | |
| ||
| ||
- 1998 births
- 21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- Living people
- Dutch women's field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players from North Brabant
- HC 's-Hertogenbosch players
- LGBTQ field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- People from Udenhout
- Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey players