Helen van der Ben

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Ben, not Ben.

Helen van der Ben

Medal record Women's Field Hockey Representing the   Netherlands Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Cup 1990 Sydney Team Champions Trophy 1987 Amstelveen Team 1991 Berlin Team European Nations Cup 1987 London Team

Helena ("Helen") Johanna Lejeune-Van der Ben (born 25 July 1964 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

From 1984 to 1992 she played a total number of 121 international matches for Holland, in which she scored 57 goals, most of them from penalty corners. She retired after the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where the Dutch side finished in sixth place. Later on she became a field hockey coach, at her former club HGC in Wassenaar.

External links

• Helen van der Ben at Olympedia
• Dutch Hockey Federation