Stella de Heij
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Born | 17 January 1968 | (age 54)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stella de Heij (born 17 January 1968 in Driehuis) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played eighteen international matches for her national team.
De Heij was a member of the Dutch Women's Team that, under the guidance of coach and former international Tom van 't Hek, won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, after defeating Great Britain on penalty strokes in the bronze medal game. In Atlanta, Georgia she was the stand-in for first choice goalie Jacqueline Toxopeus.
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Dutch female field hockey players
- Female field hockey goalkeepers
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- People from Velsen
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Dutch field hockey biography stubs