Ellen Hoog

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Hoog at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ellen Hoog (born March 26, 1986 in Bilthoven , de Bilt ) is a Dutch hockey player.

Career

Ellen Hoog, also known as 'El' by friends and teammates, began playing hockey at the age of five at the Stichtse Cricket en Hockey Club (SCHC), where her mother and both older brothers also played. It went through the teams of all ages there. At the age of 13, the talented striker was spotted for the Dutch U16, where she played for two years. Then she slipped up to the U18. At the age of 16 she ran for the first time for the women’s team of the SCHC in the Hoofd class , for which she was soon the top performer and relegation guarantee.

After the 17-year-old young talent was invited to a training game in Kampong by women's national coach Marc Lammers in May 2003 , Jong-Oranje coach Robbert Paul Aalbregt followed and brought her to the U21 team. In February 2004, she made her debut in the national team at the 4-nation tournament in Cordoba and played against Argentina against South Korea . With a goal from her in the final, the Dutch team won the tournament against world champions Argentina. During the Summer Olympics in Athens, she played again with Jong Oranje at the European Championship , where the team took first place. After the Olympic Games, she got back into the women's national team and secured a regular place. In the same year she won the Champions Trophy in Rosario , Argentina.

In August 2005 she caused a stir when she scored both goals in the 2-1 final victory over Germany at the European Championship. Only a few days after this great success, her father, with whom she had a very close relationship, died. After that she found it difficult to find her way back into her everyday life. When the season started again with her club in October, her motivation came back and she returned to her teams. In December she won her second Champions Trophy in Canberra, Australia, and was nominated for the best hockey player in the world under 23 years of age, which she just lost to her two-year-old compatriot and teammate Maartje Goderie . In addition, she slipped to second place in the ranking of 'Best Player of the Rabo Hoofdklasse', the strongest club league in the world, in 2004 she was 13th. Only world hockey player and talent of the century Mijntje Donners was still in front of her. In advertising she became the face of the 'Hockey Agenda', in 2006 also for Holand Fit and BDO, and hockey sponsor TK also signed her.

In 2006 she took third place with Oranje at the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen , and in October she added the world champion title to her list of successes. A knee injury worsened through her involvement in the World Cup, which forced her to take a few months off. As a result, she missed the Champions Trophy in Argentina in January 2007 . To the delight of her fans, however, she used this time for a photo shoot with the men's magazine FHM , in which she appeared on the cover in March 2007. In August, she surprisingly failed at the European Championship in the final against the German team , which was able to secure the title for the first time. Hoog also played this tournament with an injury, this time an inflammation of the Achilles tendon. For the 2007/08 season she moved to the championship contender Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012 , she won the gold medal with her team.

She is considered a great technician and her Argentine backhand is considered the best in the world. Their dribbling and precise flanks are also feared.

In addition to her sporting career, she is studying media and information management.

successes

Champions Trophy

2004
  • Gold in Rosario, Argentina (Netherlands v Germany, 2-0)
2005
  • Gold in Canberra (Netherlands - Australia, 5-4 to 7 m)
2006
  • Bronze in Amstelveen (Argentina - Netherlands, 2-5 n.7 m)

European championships

2005
  • Gold in Dublin (Netherlands v Germany, 2-1)
2007
  • Silver in Manchester (Germany v Netherlands, 2-0)

World Championship

2006
  • Gold in Madrid

Olympic games

2008
  • Gold in Beijing
2012
  • Gold in London

International matches

80 completed international matches, 59 times won, 9 times lost, 12 times drawn. (As of August 22, 2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Hoog, Ellen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch field hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Bilthoven , de Bilt