Marten Eikelboom

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Marten Eikelboom
Personal information
Born (1973-10-12) 12 October 1973 (age 48)
Zwolle, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hattem
1994–2004 Amsterdam
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2004 Netherlands 177 (58)
Medal record

Marten Eikelboom (born 12 October 1973 in Zwolle) is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. After the World Hockey Cup in Kuala Lumpur (2002) he retired from the national squad, but in 2004 he made a comeback, just because of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished second.

Eikelboom played 177 international matches for the Dutch, in which he scored a total number of 58 goals. He made his debut on 5 June 1994 in a friendly against New Zealand. In the Dutch League he played for Hattem and Amsterdam, with whom he won the title four times.

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