Maartje Krekelaar

{{Short description|Dutch field hockey player}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Maartje Krekelaar

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|07|06}}

| birth_place = Veghel, Netherlands

| height = 171cm

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Den Bosch

| clubnumber = 22

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 43

| nationalgoals1 = 11

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIH Hockey World League}}

{{MedalGold|2016-17 Auckland|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Santiago|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Changzhou|Team}}

}}

Maartje Krekelaar (born 6 July 1995){{cite web |url=https://hockey.nl/held/maartje-krekelaar/ |title=Maartje Krekelaar |publisher=hockey.nl |accessdate=6 December 2017}} is a Dutch field hockey player.

Maartje Krekelaar (Veghel, July 6, 1995) is a Dutch hockey player. To date, Krekelaar played 43 international matches (11 goals) for the national women's team (reference date 1 August 2019) [1]. She won with Hockey Club 's-Hertogenbosch six times the national title in the period 2011-2019 (in 2013 and 2019 silver). Previously she played at Hockeyclub Uden. Krekelaar is playing as a midfielder for Hockey Club 's-Hertogenbosch since 2007.

Krekelaar was part of the Netherlands Junior National Team at the 2016 Junior World Cup where the team finished second, losing to Argentina in the final.{{cite web |url=http://fih.ch/events/hockey-junior-world-cup/2016-junior-women-world-cup/teams/?teamId=3072 |title=NED |publisher=FIH |accessdate=6 December 2017}}

For the Dutch, Krekelaar made her debut during the 2015 Hockey World League final in Rosario (Argentina). In the first group match against Germany, Krekelaar scored the 0-1 for the Netherlands.

Krekelaar played the Woman's Hockey World League Final 2017, in Auckland (NZL), and won with the national women's teamgold and became top scorer of the tournament with 5 field goals.

Krekelaar is one of the ambassadors for Roparun and Foundation Pole Position