Laurien Willemse

Olympic athlete

1962 –

77

Who is Laurien Willemse?

Laura Eveline Gales-Willemse is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She played club hockey for NMHC Nijmegen and HGC from Wassenaar.

Four years later in Seoul she captured the bronze medal with the national side. From 1981 to 1988 she played a total number of 63 international matches for Holland, in which she scored eleven goals. Willemse retired after the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.

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Born
Mar 26, 1962
Nationality
  • Netherlands
Lived in
  • Haarlem

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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