Caia van Maasakker (born 5 April 1989) 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. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed 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 ...

in the women's event winning a gold medal. She was part of the Netherlands's silver medal winning side at the

2016 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 ...

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* * 1989 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players from The Hague Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Female field hockey defenders SCHC players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub