Det de Beus
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| Born |
Anna Maria Bernadette de Beus 18 February 1958 Utrecht | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
21 June 2013 (aged 55) Rijswijk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978-1988 | Netherlands | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Maria Bernadette "Det" de Beus (18 February 1958 – 21 July 2013) in the Netherlands. Born in Utrecht, she was the first goalkeeper in women's field hockey to wear a mask.
A player from Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club in Eindhoven, De Beus played in goal for the Netherlands between 1978 and 1988. She played 105 caps for her country and was part of the gold medal-winning Olympic team in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She retired from the sport at the end of Olympic Games in Seoul in September 1988 after winning the bronze medal by beating Great Britain 3–1.
She died of cancer in Rijswijk in July 2013.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Oud-hockeyster EHMC Det de Beus overleden (in Dutch)
External links
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- Dutch Hockey Federation
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- Dutch female field hockey players
- Female field hockey goalkeepers
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
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- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players from Utrecht (city)
- Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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- 20th-century Dutch sportswomen
- Dutch field hockey Olympic medalist stubs