Noor Holsboer
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Eleonoor Wendeline Holsboer (born July 12, 1967 in Enschede
, Overijssel
) is a former Dutch field hockey
defender, who twice won a bronze Olympic medal with the Women's National Team
: in 1988 and in 1996.
From 1987 to 1997 she played a total number of 139 international matches for Holland. Holsboer left the Dutch team in 1997 after harsh criticism on the head coach by then, former international Tom van 't Hek
. She played until 2005 for her club HGC
in Wassenaar
.
Enschede
Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...
, Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...
) is a former Dutch field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
defender, who twice won a bronze Olympic medal with the Women's National Team
Netherlands women's national field hockey team
The Netherlands' national women's field hockey team is currently number two on the FIH world rankings and they are the 2006 world champions and reigning Olympic champions...
: in 1988 and in 1996.
From 1987 to 1997 she played a total number of 139 international matches for Holland. Holsboer left the Dutch team in 1997 after harsh criticism on the head coach by then, former international Tom van 't Hek
Tom van 't Hek
Maria Thomas van ’t Hek is a former field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who played 221 international matches for the Dutch national field hockey team, in which he scored a total number of 106 goals...
. She played until 2005 for her club HGC
HGC (field hockey)
HGC is the acronym of the field hockey club H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, which is located on the border of Wassenaar and The Hague in The Netherlands. The club was founded on September 22, 1906....
in Wassenaar
Wassenaar
Wassenaar is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. A fairly affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies 10 km north of that city on the N44 highway near the North Sea coast. It is part of the Haaglanden region...
.