Kelly Maria Jonker (born 23 May 1990 in
Amstelveen
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) is a Dutch
field hockey
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player.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, she competed for the
Netherlands women's national field hockey team
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in the
women's event, winning a gold medal. She also competed for the team four years later in
Rio
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, where the Netherlands won the silver medal.
References
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1990 births
Living people
Dutch female field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Sportspeople from Amstelveen
Field hockey players from North Holland
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Female field hockey forwards
21st-century Dutch sportswomen
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