Fleur van Dooren
{{Short description|Dutch field hockey player (1989–2024)}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's Field Hockey}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}
{{MedalGold| 2009 Boston | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}
{{MedalBronze| 2008 M'gladbach | Team}}
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Fleur van Dooren (26 January 1989 – February 2024) was a Dutch field hockey player who played with HC Rotterdam, Pinoké and the Netherlands women's national field hockey team. She became Junior World Champion in 2008 and was the bronze Champions Trophy medal winner. She played for twelve years in the Hoofdklasse, the highest hockey league in the Netherlands and played in New Zealand in the New Zealand National Hockey League.
Biography
At the age of 5 years old Van Dooren started playing field hockey at the club HC Rotterdam in Rotterdam and started playing matches when she was seven years old. When she was 15 years old she made her debut for the senior women’s team. She played twelve years in the Hoofdklasse. She also played one season with Pinoké. After high school (in Dutch middelbare school), she played in New Zealand with Midlands in the New Zealand National Hockey League for a period of time.{{Cite news |date=22 February 2024 |title=Voormalig hockey-international Fleur van Dooren (35) overleden |trans-title=Former hockey international Fleur van Dooren (35) passed away |url=https://www.ad.nl/andere-sporten/voormalig-hockey-international-fleur-van-dooren-35-overleden~a8d204aa/ |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |language=nl}}{{Cite news |date=22 February 2024 |title=Tophockeyster Fleur van Dooren (35) overleden |trans-title=Top hockey star Fleur van Dooren (35) passed away |url=https://www.rijnmond.nl/amp/nieuws/1780941/tophockeyster-fleur-van-dooren-35-overleden |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Rijnmond.nl |language=nl}}{{Cite news |date=31 January 2009 |title=Stahr striker proving key figure in playoff push |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/24283/Stahr-striker-proving-key-figure-in-playoff-push?videoId=6323542108112 |access-date=22 February 2022 |publisher=Stuff}}
In 2008 she made her debut with the Netherlands women's national field hockey team.{{Cite web |title=van DOOREN Fleur |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/14001 |access-date=23 February 2024 |website=International Hockey Federation}}{{Cite web |title=SamsungHockeyChampionsTrophyWomenTeams |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/121/reports/teams |access-date=23 February 2024 |website=International Hockey Federation}} At the 2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach she won with the Dutch team the bronze medal. She played multiple matches, including the semi-final. In 2009 she became world champion at the 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup with the Netherlands women's national under-21 field hockey team.{{Cite news |date=22 February 2024 |title=Voormalig hockeyinternational Fleur |trans-title=Former hockey international Fleur van Dooren (35) passed away |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2509927-voormalig-hockeyinternational-fleur-van-dooren-35-overleden |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=NOS |language=nl}}
After her hockey career, she became a jurist and wrote her own music.
Van Dooren had a major depressive disorder for eight years that worsened after the death of her mother. She died via euthanasia in February 2024, at the age of 35. Her father and sister were with her during her final moments.{{Cite news |date=22 February 2024 |title=Ex-Hockey-Spielerin Fleur van Dooren tot: Sterbehilfe nach schwerer Depression |trans-title=Ex-hockey player Fleur van Dooren dead: euthanasia after severe depression |url=https://www.rtl.de/cms/ex-hockey-spielerin-fleur-van-dooren-tot-sterbehilfe-nach-schwerer-depression-5077906.html |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=RTL |language=de}}
References
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{{Netherlands FHW Squad 2008 Champions Trophy}}
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Category:Dutch female field hockey players
Category:20th-century Dutch women
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Category:Dutch expatriate field hockey players