Anne Veenendaal

Anne Veenendaal
Personal information
Born (1995-09-07) 7 September 1995
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Amsterdam
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2015– Netherlands 102 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Team
World Cup
2018 London
2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
European Championship
2017 Amstelveen
2019 Antwerp
2021 Amstelveen
2023 Mönchengladbach
2025 Mönchengladbach
2015 London
Champions Trophy
2018 Changzhou
2016 London

Anne Veenendaal (born 7 September 1995) is a Dutch field hockey player for the Dutch national team who plays as a goalkeeper.[1]

Veenendaal made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 22 August 2015, at the age of nineteen, in a match against Poland during the 2015 European Championship in London.[1]

With the Dutch team she won gold at the 2017 European Championship,[1] and the 2018 World Cup.[2][3][4] She was also part of the gold-winning women's field hockey team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5] She is openly lesbian.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anne Veenendaal". hockey.nl. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Netherlands". FIH. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Glorious Dutch dominate and record books are re-written". FIH. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Women's Hockey World Cup: Netherlands win final to end Irish odyssey". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Hockey at Paris 2024: Golden Dutch Double secured as Oranje women edge China in thriller". fih.hockey. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  6. ^ Outsports (12 July 2021). "At least 181 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 3 August 2021.