Ron Steens
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Ronaldus Franciscus Johannes Steens (born June 18, 1952 in Rotterdam
, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey
player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
. Eight years earlier the midfielder was also on the Holland squad, that ended up fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
.
Steens, a powerful midfield player who played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland
, earned a total number of 166 caps, scoring 43 goals, in the years 1973-1985. He retired from international hockey a year before the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup
in London
. His younger brother Tim
was also a field hockey international for Holland.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, Zuid-Holland) is a former 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...
player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Eight years earlier the midfielder was also on the Holland squad, that ended up fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Steens, a powerful midfield player who played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland
HC Klein Zwitserland
HC Klein Zwitserland is a field hockey club from The Hague, Netherlands, which was founded on September 20, 1908. With 1.591 members – as of January 1, 2006 – it is the tenth club in the Netherlands...
, earned a total number of 166 caps, scoring 43 goals, in the years 1973-1985. He retired from international hockey a year before the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup
The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...
in London
London
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. His younger brother Tim
Tim Steens
Timotheus Bernardus Steens is a former Dutch field hockey player, who earned a total number of 162 caps, scoring 12 goals for the Netherlands national field hockey team in the 1970s and 1980s....
was also a field hockey international for Holland.