Carole Thate
Carole Helene Antoinette Thate (born December 6, 1971 in Utrecht ) is a former Dutch hockey player .
Life
Thate played in 168 international games for the Netherlands, in which she scored forty goals. She made her sporting debut for the Netherlands on November 20, 1989 in a friendly against England.
Thate is part of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the bronze medal four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . Thate was the captain of the Dutch hockey team for several years. She also played as a midfielder for the Dutch clubs Shinty , Schaerweyde , Kampong and Amsterdamsche H&BC . When she ended her sporting career in field hockey, Thate became director of the Dutch organization Johan Cruijff Foundation in Amsterdam.
For many years Thate lives with the Australian athlete Alyson Annan together, they in the Netherlands got married . In May 2007, with the help of a friend who made himself available as a sperm donor, a son was born to Annan, whom Annan and Thate bring up as parents under custody.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hannan, Liz. " Divided in sport, united in love: two women and a baby boy ". The Sunday Age , July 1, 2007
Web links
- Dutch Hockey Federation ( Memento of October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thate, Carole |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thate, Carole Helene Antoinette (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch field hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th December 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht |