Tom van 't Hek

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Maria Thomas ("Tom") van ’t Hek (born April 1, 1958 in Naarden) is a former field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who played 221 international matches for the Dutch, in which he scored a total number of 106 goals. He made his debut on September 24, 1976 against East Germany, and competed for the Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

After his hockey career he became the head coach of the Dutch Women's Team, with whom he won two bronze Olympic medals, at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Furthermore the Netherlands won the European title two times (1995 and 1999), when Van 't Hek was in charge. He resigned after the Sydney Games and became a radio presenter of a popular sports program called Langs de Lijn.

Tom van 't Hek is the younger brother of the popular Dutch cabaret-artist Youp van 't Hek.