Helen van der Ben
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Medal record | |||
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Helen van der Ben |
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Women's Field Hockey | |||
Competitor for the Netherlands | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Bronze | 1988 Seoul | Team Competition | |
Champions Trophy | |||
Gold | 1987 Amstelveen | Team Competition | |
Bronze | 1991 Berlin | Team Competition |
Helena ("Helen") Johanna Lejeune-Van der Ben (born July 25, 1964 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
From 1984 to 1992 she played a total number of 121 international matches for Holland, in which she scored 57 goals, most of them from penalty corners. She retired after the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where the Dutch side finished in sixth place. Later on she became a field hockey coach, at her former club HGC in Wassenaar.
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Dutch Women's Field Hockey Team - 1988 Olympic Games | ||
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Willemien Aardenburg | Helen van der Ben | Carina Benninga | Det de Beus | Yvonne Buter | Marieke van Doorn | Marjolein Eijsvogel | Annemieke Fokke | Noor Holsboer | Lisanne Lejeune | Aletta van Manen | Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen | Martine Ohr | Sophie von Weiler | Laurien Willemse | Ingrid Wolff | Head Coach: Gijs van Heumen |