Willemijn Bos

Willemijn Bos

Bos in 2016
Personal information
Birth name Willemijn Bos
Nationality Dutch
Born (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988
Eelde, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country  Netherlands
Sport Field hockey
Club Laren
Coached by Ageeth Boomgaardt (club)
Alyson Annan (national)[3]

Willemijn Bos (born 2 May 1988) is a Dutch field hockey defender. In 2011 she was included to the All-Star team by the International Hockey Federation. She was to selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics but tore her anterior cruciate ligament during a friendly against the United States three days before the Games and had to withdraw. She returned to competitions in March 2013, and won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2]

Bos took up hockey aged six. She has a degree in law from the University of Utrecht.[3]

References

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