Marc Lammers

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Marc Lammers (born March 15, 1969 in Oss, Noord-Brabant) is the head coach of the Dutch Women's Team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. As a player he earned five caps for the Men's Squad. Lammers played for sixteen years in Holland's first division named Hoofdklasse, with HC Den Bosch and Oranje Zwart.

After having coached several youth teams he became the assistant of Women's Head Coach Tom van 't Hek in the late 1990s. A couple of months before the 1998 Women's Field Hockey World Cup in Utrecht Lammers was named Head Coach of the Spanish National Women's Team, with whom he finished in fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two months later he became the Head Coach of the Holland Team. In 2004 Lammers was named FIH Master Coach.

[edit] Achievements as Holland coach

• 2002 World Cup – Silver
• 2003 European Nations Cup – Gold
2004 Summer Olympics – Silver
• 2004 Champions Trophy – Gold
• 2005 European Nations Cup – Gold
2005 Champions Trophy – Gold
• 2006 Champions Trophy – Bronze
2006 World Cup – Gold

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Netherlands Netherlands Squad - 2006 World Cup Champions (8th Title) Netherlands

1 De Roever | 3 Mulder | 4 Moreira de Melo | 5 Snoeks | 7 Van Geenhuizen | 9 Dijkstra | 10 Karres | 11 Goderie | 13 M. Smabers | 14 Booij | 15 Schopman | 16 De Bruijn | 17 Paumen | 18 Van As | 19 Hoog | 20 De Haan | 21 Polkamp | 23 K. Lammers | Coach: M. Lammers