Lieke van Wijk | |
Fullname: | Lieke van Wijk |
Birth Date: | 1993 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Netherlands |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | - 2019 |
Clubs1: | Laren |
Years2: | 2019 - 2022 |
Clubs2: | Hurley |
Years3: | 2022 - |
Clubs3: | Pinoké |
Nationalyears1: | 2010 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U18 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 2012–14 |
Nationalteam2: | Netherlands U21 |
Nationalcaps2: | 16 |
Nationalgoals2: | 23 |
Nationalyears3: | 2016– |
Nationalteam3: | Netherlands Indoor |
Nationalcaps3: | 29 |
Nationalgoals3: | 27 |
Lieke van Wijk (born 18 September 1993)[1] is a Dutch field hockey player.[2]
In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, van Wijk played club hockey until 2019 for Laren. With Laren she won the Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey in 2018. From the 2019 season she played 3 years for Hurley and from 2022 on she is playing for Pinoké. In the 2022-2023 season, van Wijk became again Hoofdklasse Indoor Hockey champion of the Netherlands together with Pinoké.[3]
Playing for Netherlands junior teams for 4 years, van Wijk won 4 gold medals; two EuroHockey Junior Nations Championships, one Youth Olympic Games and one Junior World Cup.[4]
Lieke van Wijk also plays at an international level for the Netherlands Indoor hockey team. With the team, she won gold at the 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship,[5] silver at the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, silver at the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship and again silver at the 2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.[6]
At the 2018 Indoor Hockey World Cup van Wijk won silver.[7] Van Wijk won gold at the 2023 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup.[8]