Country | Netherlands |
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Born | 1970 Netherlands |
Retired | Yes |
Plays | Right-handed |
Women's singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (1995) |
Updated on May 2018. |
Hugoline van Hoorn (born 1970) is a female Dutch former professional squash player [1] who represented the Netherlands. She reached a career-high world ranking of 21 in 1995. She was the Dutch national champion four times. [2]
Hoorn is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality has just over 73,000 inhabitants and a land area of 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi), making it the third most densely populated municipality in North Holland after Haarlem and Amsterdam. Apart from the city of Hoorn, the municipality includes the villages of Blokker and Zwaag, as well as parts of the hamlets De Bangert, De Hulk and Munnickaij.
Ter Aar is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is located about 6 km northeast of Alphen aan den Rijn. The town had a population of 9,007 on 1 July 2006.
Willem Cornelisz Schouten was a Dutch navigator for the Dutch East India Company. He was the first to sail the Cape Horn route to the Pacific Ocean.
Nicholas van Hoorn was a merchant sailor, privateer and pirate. He was born in the Netherlands and died near Veracruz after being wounded on the Isla de Sacrificios. Nikolaas or Klaas was engaged in the Dutch merchant service from about 1655 until 1659, and then bought a vessel with his savings. With a band of reckless men whom he had enlisted, he became a terror to the commerce of the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire. Later he had several ships in his employment and obtained such notoriety that some governments were willing to employ him against their enemies.
Sijbekarspel is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 10 km northwest of Hoorn.
Corine Spier-Rottschäfer was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1959 contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.
't Wapen van Hoorn was a 17th-century Dutch East India Company fluyt with a tonnage between 400 and 600, built in the Dutch Republic in 1619. During its second voyage it grounded on the west coast of Australia, making it about the tenth ship to make landfall on Australian soil, and following Tryall just a few weeks earlier only the second ship to be shipwrecked in Australian waters, albeit temporarily.
Fred van der Hoorn is a Dutch former footballer who played in defence.
Angelique Hoorn is a Dutch show jumper.
Joan van Hoorn (1653–1711) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1704 until 1709.
Nicolaas van Hoorn was a Dutch fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
The coat of arms of Hoorn is a coat of arms that has been in use since the Middle Ages. Although over time it underwent some changes, there has been no change to the coat of arms since it was acknowledged in use by the High Council of Nobility in 1816. At present, in the original form, it is the coat of arms of the municipality of Hoorn. The current municipality was formed in 1979 by merging the city of Hoorn with the villages Zwaag and Westerblokker; it was decided to use the old coat of arms as coat of arms of the new municipality.
Mike Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Hoorn is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Eredivisie club FC Utrecht. He made thirteen appearances for the Netherlands U-21 team.
Netty van Hoorn is a Dutch film director and producer who has won several awards for her work.
Milou van der Heijden is a Dutch retired professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 29 in March 2019.
Van Hoorn is a Dutch toponymic surname. The place of origin often is the city of Hoorn in North Holland, but may be any of four other Dutch settlements named Hoorn, three named Den Hoorn, or Horn/the county of Horne in Dutch Limburg. Notable people with the surname include:
The attack on Veracruz was a 1683 raid against the port of Veracruz, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was led by the Dutch pirates Laurens de Graaf, Nicholas van Hoorn, and Michel de Grammont.
Portrait of Maria Pietersdochter Olycan is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1638, now in the São Paulo Museum of Art. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Maria's husband Andries van Hoorn.
Taco van der Hoorn is a Dutch cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.
Wehe-Den Hoorn is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It is a 1966 merger of the villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn.