Marten Eikelboom
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's field hockey | |||
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| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Team competition | |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Team competition | |
Marten Eikelboom (born October 12, 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, in which he scored a total number of 58 goals. He made his debut on June 5, 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.
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| Preceded by Raymond Joval |
Amsterdam Sportsman of the Year 2000 |
Succeeded by Rafael van der Vaart |
Categories: 1973 births | Living people | Dutch field hockey players | Olympic competitors for the Netherlands | Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands | Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands | Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics | People from Zwolle | Field hockey biography stubs
