Hidde Turkstra (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɪdə ˈtʏr(ə)kstraː]; born 5 March 1988) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender for the Dutch national team.[1]
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| Born |
5 March 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2005 | Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2019 | Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Netherlands | 44 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Netherlands (indoor) | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] and he played club hockey in the Netherlands for Rotterdam and Victoria.
Club career edit
Turkstra started playing hockey at Rotterdam and in 2005 he switched to Victoria. Where he made his debut in the senior team. In 2009 he returned to Rotterdam, where he played for ten seasons until he retired in 2019.[3]
International career edit
Turkstra made his debut for the national team on 5 June 2013.[1] He was a part of the Dutch squad which won the 2015 European Championship.[4] After he played in the 2016 Summer Olympics he announced his retirement from the national team.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Biografie - Hidde Turkstra". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "TURKSTRA Hidde - Olympic Hockey". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Maresch, Sjoerd (29 March 2019). "Rotterdam toont twee gezichten in 'pingpongduel' met Almere". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Hidde Turkstra klaar voor EK: 'Blij dat het gelukt is'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyer Turkstra stopt als international". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
External links edit
- Hidde Turkstra at the International Hockey Federation
- Hidde Turkstra at Olympedia
- Hidde Turkstra at Olympics.com
- Hidde Turkstra at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
