Marc Delissen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Field Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1988 Seoul | Team Competition | |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team Competition | |
Marcus ("Marc") Johannes Elisabeth Leopold Delissen (born on January 14, 1965 in Amsterdam) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who captained the Dutch national squad that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Six years earlier, at the Hockey World Cup in Lahore, he was also a member of the Holland side that won the title at the expense of host nation Pakistan.
Delissen played 261 international matches for The Netherlands, scored 98 goals and participated in three Olympics. He made his debut when he was nineteen years old, on October 21, 1984, in a friendly match against Ireland in London. With his club HGC from Wassenaar Delissen became Dutch champion twice, in 1990 and 1996.
He retired after the Atlanta Olympics, but returned for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he assisted headcoach Maurits Hendriks and Holland once again became olympic champion. Delissen later on coached his former club HGC for three years (2002-2005) in the Dutch Premier League, called Hoofdklasse. He's a practising lawyer in The Hague.
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Categories: 1965 births | Living people | Dutch field hockey players | Dutch field hockey coaches | Olympic competitors for the Netherlands | Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics | People from Amsterdam | Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands | Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
