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Sjoerd Marijne

Sjoerd Marijne

Sjoerd Marijne is a Dutch former field hockey player and now coach. As a player he twice won the Dutch National Championship and Euro Hockey Club Champions Cup. He then transitioned into coaching, first with youth teams, eventually leading the Netherlands U21 women to the gold medal at the World Cup and the U21 men to a Bronze at the World cup. In 2015 he was appointed Head Coach for the Dutch Women, then in 2017 led the Indian Men to gold at the Asia Cup, before leading the Indian Women to their momentous 4th at the Tokyo Olympics. In 2021 he was voted ‘best coach in the world of a women’s team’ by the international hockey association.