Mikki Roberts

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Mikki Roberts
Personal information
Born (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 23)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Senior career
YearsTeam
HC Tilburg
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2023 Netherlands U–21 6 (8)
2024– Netherlands 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
FIH Junior World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team

Mikki Roberts is a field hockey player from the Netherlands. [1]

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Personal life

Mikki Roberts was born on 22 February 2002, in Tilburg. [2] [3]

She is a student at Tilburg University. [4]

Career

Under–21

Roberts made her international debut at under–21 level. [5] In 2023, she captained the Netherlands U–21 side at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago. In the final, she scored twice to send the game to a shoot–out, which the team won to take home a gold medal. [4] [6] [7] [8]

Oranje

In 2024, Roberts received her first call-up to the senior national team. She made her senior international debut during season five of the FIH Pro League. [5] With the addition of new head coach, Raoul Ehren, she was officially called-up to the national squad. [9]

References

  1. "Mikki Roberts – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  2. "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. "Mikki Roberts". interlandhistorie.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Mikki Roberts and her junior field hockey teammates look back on World Cup victory". tilburguniversity.edu. Tilburg University. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 "ROBERTS Mikki". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  6. "'Best game of our lives': Netherlands women win Junior Hockey World Cup". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. "FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: Netherlands beat Argentina on penalties to win fifth title". scroll.in. Scroll. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  8. "Defending Champions Netherlands make a stunning comeback to clinch their fifth Junior Women's World Cup title". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. "Oranje: Geen De Waard, Van Gils terug, plek voor tiener Verstraeten". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.