Marten Eikelboom

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Marten Eikelboom
Personal information
Born (1973-10-12) 12 October 1973 (age 51)
Zwolle, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
Hattem
1994–2004 Amsterdam
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
1994–2004 Netherlands 177 (58)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Sydney Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Kuala Lumpur Team
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Dublin Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Padova Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Madras Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Lahore Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Amstelveen Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Brisbane Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Rotterdam Team

Marten Eikelboom (born on 12 October 1973, in Zwolle) is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After the World Hockey Cup in Kuala Lumpur (2002), he retired from the national squad, but in 2004 he made a comeback, just because of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished second.

Eikelboom played 177 international matches for the Dutch, scoring a total of 58 goals. He made his debut on 5 June 1994 in a friendly against New Zealand. In the Dutch League he played for Hattem and Amsterdam, with whom he won the title four times.