Yibbi Jansen

Yibbi Jansen
Personal information
Born (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25)
Senior career
Years Team
–present Stichtsche
2025– Odisha Warriors
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2018– Netherlands 68 (56)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Terrassa / Amstelveen
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changzhou

Yibbi Jansen (born 18 November 1999) is a Dutch professional field hockey player. She began playing for HC Den Bosch and moved to Oranje-Rood in Eindhoven in 2016.[1]

Jansen made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 27 January 2018, at the age of eighteen, in a match against the United States.[2][3][4] She is the daughter of former field hockey goalkeeper Ronald Jansen.[5]

Jansen represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing as the leading scorer in the women's tournament and winning the tournament's gold medal.[6] She was awarded as Player of the Year in the FIH Star Awards 2024.[7]

  1. ^ "JANSEN YIBBI | NETHERLANDS HOCKEY PLAYER". www.fih.hockey. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ "International Hockey Federation".
  3. ^ https://tms.fih.ch/matches/11016/reports/matchreport [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Yibbi Jansen". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  5. ^ Chloe Merrell (1 July 2021). "Yibbi Jansen: Following in a father's footsteps one penalty corner at a time". Olympics.com.
  6. ^ Yohe, Julia (9 August 2024). "Double Dutch: Netherlands women's field hockey wins second straight gold, completes country's golden sweep". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. ^ Nelsen, Matt (9 November 2024). "FIH Star Awards 2024: Yibbi Jansen and Harmanpreet Singh named players of the year". Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

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