Xan de Waard (born 8 November 1995) is a Dutch

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player. De Waard has played 150 international matches for the

Netherlands women's national field hockey team The Netherlands' national women's field hockey team is currently number one on the International Hockey Federation (FIH) world rankings and the reigning world champion. The Netherlands is the most successful team in World Cup history, having wo ...

. She was a member of the Dutch team that won the

2014 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the 2014 Men's Hockey W ...

. De Waard was a member of the Netherlands team that won a silver medal at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waard, Xan de 1995 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players People from Renkum Field hockey players from Gelderland Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Female field hockey midfielders Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics SCHC players Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey players 21st-century Dutch sportswomen