Malou Pheninckx

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Malou Pheninckx
Personal information
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 33)
Oosterhout, Netherlands
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club HC Kampong
Senior career
YearsTeam
HC Kampong
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2013– Netherlands 101 (1)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 London
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Amsterdam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Antwerp
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Amstelveen

Malou Pheninckx (born 24 July 1991) is a Dutch women's field hockey player who currently plays as a midfielder for Netherlands women's national field hockey team. [1] [2] She also pursued her higher education at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the field of medicine.

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She was a key member of the Dutch team which became glorious at the 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League, 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League, 2017 International Festival of Hockey and in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. [3]

Career

She received her first call up to the national team in 2012 following the 2012 Summer Olympics. Pheninckx made her international debut on 4 February 2013 against South Africa alongside fellow player Roos Drost. [4] She played the key role during the Dutch side's maiden triumph in the 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League defeating Australia 5–1 in the Women's Hockey World League final. [5] She also scored 2 goals in the whole tournament.

She was axed from the team in 2014 and was overlooked by the team management for the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. [6] Following the 2016 Summer Olympics where the Dutch claimed silver medal, the team management intended to groom youngsters into the team and Malou was surprisingly included in the national team in late 2016. She received a phone call from the head coach Alyson Annan in late 2016 while Malou was attending internships to join the hospitals after completing her medicine studies. [7]

She made a comeback return to the national side after a gap of nearly three years in 2017 and was also the member of the Netherlands side which managed to defend the Hockey World League in 2017 after defeating New Zealand 3–0 in the final. [8] Malou Pheninckx played a key role for the Netherlands women's team which claimed victorious over Japan 5–0 in the 2017 International Festival of Hockey tournament, which was their first International Festival of Hockey tournament title victory. [9] She also scored a winning goal in the final against Japan. She too was also the part of the Dutch team which secured its 8th World Cup title after emerging victorious at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup beating Ireland to record an emphatic 6–0 victory in the final. [10] [11] [12] She also scored a winning goal in the final. [13]

During the 2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, she made her 100th international appearance for the Netherlands in the final against Germany where Dutch emerged as champions with 2–0 victory. [14] [15] She was included in the Dutch squad to compete in the women's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics and also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics. [16] [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Hockey PHENINCKX Malou". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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  4. ↑ "Hockey: Roos Drost na zes jaar weg bij SCHC | RTV Utrecht". www.rtvutrecht.nl. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "International Hockey Federation". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  6. ↑ "Tophockeyster Malou Pheninckx maakte zich in coronatijd op andere manier nuttig: 'Heel dankbaar werk'". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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  8. ↑ 2016-17 FIH Hockey World League final scorecard
  9. ↑ 2017 International Festival of Hockey final scorecard
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  13. ↑ 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup Final scorecard
  14. ↑ "Annan maakt selectie EK Hockey 2021 bekend". knhb.nl (in Dutch). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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