Michelle van der Pols
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Michelle van der Pols (born January 6, 1989 in Utrecht
) is a Dutch
field hockey
player, who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club SV Kampong. She also plays for the Netherlands national team
and she was part of the Dutch squad that became 2007 Champions Trophy winner.
van der Pols also was a member of the Netherlands' 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup team.
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player, who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club SV Kampong. She also plays for the Netherlands national team
Netherlands women's national field hockey team
The Netherlands' national women's field hockey team is currently number two on the FIH world rankings and they are the 2006 world champions and reigning Olympic champions...
and she was part of the Dutch squad that became 2007 Champions Trophy winner.
van der Pols also was a member of the Netherlands' 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup team.