Pieter van Straaten

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Pieter van Straaten
Personal information
Full name Pieter Georges van Straaten
Born (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Antwerp
Youth career
Alecto
Senior career
YearsTeam
Alecto
0000–2018 HDM
2018–2020 Waterloo Ducks
2020–present Antwerp
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 France U–21 12 (2)
2012–present France 97 (17)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Junior World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 New Delhi

Pieter Georges van Straaten (born 23 October 1992) [1] is a French field hockey player who plays as a forward for Belgian Hockey League club Antwerp and the French national team. [2]

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Career

Under–21

Pieter van Straaten debuted for the France U–21 team in 2012 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in 's-Hertogenbosch. [3]

The following year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in New Delhi. At the tournament he won a silver medal, a history making performance for the French team. [4] [5]

Senior national team

Van Straaten made his debut for the French national team in 2012. [2]

In 2018, he represented his country at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar. [6]

Since his debut, Pieter van Straaten has been a regular fixture in the national squad. [4] He won his first major medal with the senior team in 2019 at the FIH Series Finals in Le Touquet, taking home a gold medal. [7] [4]

He was a member of the national team at the 2021 EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam, [8] and was also named in the French squad for the 2021–22 FIH Pro League. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Details – France". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Pieter VAN STRAATEN". ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Jong Oranjemannen verliezen EK-finale van Belgen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "van STRAATEN Pieter". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Germany lifts the Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men 2013 Beats France 5-2". hockeyindia.org. Hockey India . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "France". worldcup2018.hockey. FIH World Cup . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "GREEN MACHINE SUFFERS THE BLUES AS HOST NATION SWEEPS TO VICTORY". fihseriesfinals.com. FIH Series Finals . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Pieter van Straaten". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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