Wieke Elisabeth Henriëtte Dijkstra (born 19 June 1984) is a Dutch

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player, who plays as midfielder for Dutch club Laren. Dijkstra was born in

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. In addition to her club career, she plays for the Netherlands national team, most of the time as a defender. She was part of the Dutch squad that became world champions at the

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and which won the 2007 Champions Trophy. She recently played her 70th official international match during the 2008 Beijing Olympics final. At the

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she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team beating

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in the final 2–0.

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* 1984 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{netherlands-fieldhockey-bio-stub