| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lieke van Wijk | ||
| Born | 18 September 1993 Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| - 2019 | Laren | ||
| 2019 - 2022 | Hurley | ||
| 2022 - | Pinoké | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Netherlands U18 | 6 | (5) |
| 2012–14 | Netherlands U21 | 16 | (23) |
| 2016– | Netherlands Indoor | 29 | (27) |
Medal record | |||
Lieke van Wijk (born 18 September 1993) [1] is a Dutch field hockey player. [2]
In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, van Wijk played club hockey until 2019 for Laren. With Laren she won the Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey in 2018. From the 2019 season she played 3 years for Hurley and from 2022 on she is playing for Pinoké. In the 2022-2023 season, van Wijk became again Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey champion of the Netherlands together with Pinoké. [3]
Playing for Netherlands junior teams for 4 years, van Wijk won 4 gold medals; two EuroHockey Junior Nations Championships, one Youth Olympic Games and one Junior World Cup. [4]
Lieke van Wijk also plays at an international level for the Netherlands Indoor hockey team. With the team, she won gold at the 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, [5] silver at the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, silver at the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship and again silver at the 2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship. [6]
At the 2018 Indoor Hockey World Cup van Wijk won silver. [7] Van Wijk won gold at the 2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. [8]
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