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Born | Uccle, Belgium | 13 March 1987|||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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Current club | Racing club de bruxelles | |||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
Belgium | 302 | |||||||||||||||
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Jill Boon (born 13 March 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Belgium women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. [1] [2]
Her brother is Tom Boon, also a field hockey player for Belgium.
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