Pia Maertens
{{short description|German field hockey player}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Pia Maertens
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|01|06}}
| birth_place = Duisburg, Germany
| height =
| weight =
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
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| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = Germany U–21
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = Germany
| nationalcaps2 = 29
| nationalgoals2 = 13
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Antwerp|}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Amstelveen|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIH Pro League}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Amstelveen|}}
}}
Pia Maertens (born 6 January 1999){{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1037/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Germany |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=21 August 2019}} is a German field hockey player, who plays as a forward.{{cite web|url=https://web.hockey.de/kader/Damen.html |title=KADER – Damen Nationalmannschaft |publisher=Deutscher Hockey-Bund |language=German |accessdate=21 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/field_hockey/pia-maertens/315859/ |title=Pia Maertens – Player Info |publisher=Global Sports Archive |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |accessdate=21 August 2019}}
Career
=Junior National Team=
In 2019 Pia Maertens made her debut for the Germany U–21 side in a test match against the United States junior national team in Viersen, Germany.{{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/17227 |title=MAERTENS Pia |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=21 August 2019}}
=Senior National Teams=
Maertens also debuted for the senior national team in 2019, during the inaugural FIH Pro League.{{cite web|url=https://www.fihproleague.com/women/players/maertens-pia__71701__4873 |title=MAERTENS Pia |publisher=FIH Pro League |website=fihproleague.com |accessdate=21 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.waz.de/sport/lokalsport/duisburg/bewegender-abschied-fuer-die-duisburgerin-pia-maertens-id226420575.html |title=Bewegender Abschied für die Duisbergerin Pia Maertens |publisher=WAZ |website=waz.de |date=8 July 2019 |language=German |accessdate=21 August 2019}} During the tournament, Maertens scored 4 goals for Germany, and was a member of the team that won bronze in the Grand Final.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081407/netherlands-crowned-first-womens-fih-pro-league-champions-with-shootout-victory-over-australia |title=Netherlands crowned first women's FIH Pro League champions with shootout victory over Australia |publisher=Inside the Games |website=insidethegames.biz |date=29 June 2019 |accessdate=21 August 2019}}
Following her performance in the FIH Pro League, German head coach Xavier Reckinger named Maertens in the final squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Nations Championship in Antwerp, Belgium.{{cite web|url=https://web.hockey.de/news/166wo9.html |title=DANAS: Rebecca Grote komplettiert den EM-Kader |publisher=Deutscher Hockey-Bund |language=German |accessdate=21 August 2019}}
==International Goals==
References
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{{Germany FHW Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{Germany FHW Squad 2022 World Cup}}
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Category:German female field hockey players
Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Germany
Category:Sportspeople from Duisburg
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
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