- Carole Thate
Carole Helene Antoinette Thate (born
December 6 ,1971 in Utrecht) is a former Dutchfield hockey player, who played 168 international matches forThe Netherlands , in which she scored forty goals. She made her debut onNovember 20 ,1989 in a friendly match against England.Thate was a member of the Holland squad that won the bronze medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia , and the bronze medal once again, four years later at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney . She captained the team for several years, and played as a midfielder for Dutch clubs Shinty, Schaerweyde, Kampong and Amsterdam. After she quit playing hockey and became the director of the DutchJohan Cruijff Foundation inAmsterdam . Thate maintains a loving relationship with one of the highest international goal scorers, the Australian strikerAlyson Annan . They had their first child in May2007 . [Hannan, Liz. " [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/divided-in-sport-united-in-love/2007/06/30/1182624235011.html Divided in sport, united in love: two women and a baby boy] ". "The Sunday Age",July 1 ,2007 . Retrieved on2007-07-01 .]References
External links
* [http://www.knhb.nl/oranje/interlandhistorie/cDU300_Interlandhistorie.aspx?intPlayerId=168601 Dutch Hockey Federation]
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