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Name
  
Fleur de


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Fleur Nicolette Andrea van de Kieft (born October 22, 1973 in Amsterdam) is a former field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who played 137 official international matches for Holland, in which she scored a total number of 44 goals.

Van de Kieft was a member of the Dutch Women's Team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, after defeating Spain (2-0) in the third place match. Four years earlier, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Games, she won her first Olympic bronze medal.

A player from Laren and Rotterdam Van de Kieft made her debut for the Dutch on January 29, 1996 in a friendly against the United States. Her last cap came on September 1, 2002, when Holland defeated Australia: 4-3.

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Fleur van de Kieft Wikipedia