Lidewij Welten (born 16 July 1990) is a Dutch

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player. Welten is part of the Dutch national team in the youth and is seen as one of the most promising talents in the world. National coach Marc Lammers selected her for the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, which was her first larger international tournament in which she participated. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

she won an Olympic gold medal with the

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national team beating China in the final 2–0. She won a second gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, she was part of the Dutch team that won silver. At the

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in London, she won the gold medal with the Dutch team beating Ireland in the final 6–0 where she scored one of the goals. She was named player of the tournament.

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