Yibbi Jansen

Yibbi Jansen
Personal information
Born (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 24)
Club information
Current club SCHC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Netherlands 68[1][2] (56[1])
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
EuroHockey 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.[3]

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.[4][5][1] She is the daughter of former field hockey goalkeeper Ronald Jansen.[6]

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.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Yibbi Jansen". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  2. ^ "International Hockey Federation".
  3. ^ "JANSEN YIBBI | NETHERLANDS HOCKEY PLAYER". www.fih.hockey. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ "International Hockey Federation".
  5. ^ https://tms.fih.ch/matches/11016/reports/matchreport [bare URL]
  6. ^ Chloe Merrell (1 July 2021). "Yibbi Jansen: Following in a father's footsteps one penalty corner at a time". Olympics.com.
  7. ^ 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.