Wouter van Pelt | |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1968 |
Birth Place: | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | DKS |
Clubs2: | HDM |
Clubs3: | Breda |
Nationalyears1: | 1989–2000 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps(Goals)1: | 236 |
Wouter van Pelt (born 23 April 1968 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 236 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 21 goals. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on 27 March 1989 in a match against England. He played in the Dutch League for HDM and BH & BC Breda. Van Pelt was a member of the Dutch national team that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the Dutch once again won the title, with Van Pelt on board. He stopped playing hockey at top level in 2005.