Luna Fokke

Dutch field hockey player

Luna Fokke (born 9 March 2001) is a Dutch women's field hockey player who currently plays as a midfielder for HC Kampong. As a member of the Netherland national team (under-21) she became 2022 Junior World Cup champion.[2]

Luna Fokke
Personal information
Born (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23)[1]
Leidschendam, Netherlands
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club HC Kampong
Senior career
Years Team
—2019 HGC
2019– HC Kampong
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Potchefstroom
EuroHockey Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santander

Biography

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Fokke is Born in 2001 and lived in Leidschendam. At the age of six years old she started playing field hockey at HC Ypenburg [nl] and later moved to HGC in Wassenaar.[2] In the last match she played with HGC she made the only goal in the match, which resulted in the team being promoted to the main league.[3] At the time she has finished high school and moved to Utrecht. She started studying computer science and started playing field hockey with HC Kampong in 2019.[2] Playing as a midfielder, she scores very often.[4][2]

As a member of the national team (under-18) she became 2018 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships champion.[1] She was a member of the Netherland national team (under-21) that became world champion at the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in South Africa. She scored at these championships a total of 11 goals.[2][5]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Luna Fokke, Netherlands". ritualhockey.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Cancian, Roberto (27 May 2022). "Talenten Kampong pakken wereldtitel in Zuid-Afrika". Utrechtse Sportkrant (in Dutch). p. 25.
  3. "Luna Fokke schoot met haar laatste goal HGC naar hoofdklasse". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  4. "Luna Fokke is blij met het nieuwe vechthockey van Kampong". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. "Drietal van SCHC en Kampong naar WK hockey onder 21". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.