About Maartje Paumen
Born 1985. Maartje Paumen is a Dutch field hockey player.
Maartje Yvonne Helene Paumen (born 19 September 1985) is a former Dutch field hockey player. She is currently the assistant coach for Dutch club MOP. She previously played for Dutch clubs Oranje Zwart and HC Den Bosch and Belgian club Royal Antwerp. She also played for the Netherlands national team and was part of the Dutch squad that became world champions at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid and the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup in The Hague. She also won the 2007 Champions Trophy and the 2011 Champions Trophy. With 195 goals in 235 games, she is the all-time top scorer for the Dutch national team. She is also the all-time top scorer in the national Dutch hockey league, the Hoofdklasse.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won an Olympic gold medal with the Dutch national team beating China in the final 2β0. The team kept its Olympic title at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating the Argentinian team 2β0 in the final. She scored the second goal from a penalty and this was her fourteenth goal at the Olympics, which makes her the top Olympic scorer ever. In the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she won an Olympic silver medal, after losing to Great Britain in penalty shootouts. She was also the top scorer of the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup as well as the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup. She is openly lesbian. Paumen has been selected as FIH Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012.
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 14 August 2005 Dublin, Ireland 1β0 3β0 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 2. 16 August 2005 4β0 5β0 3. 17 August 2005 1β0 4β0 4. 4β0 5. 26 November 2005 Canberra, Australia 2β1 2β1 2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 6. 9 July 2006 Amstelveen, Netherlands 1β1 3β1 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 7. 11 July 2006 3β0 4β0 8. 26 August 2006 Virginia Beach, United States 1β0 3β0 2006 March on Madrid Hockey Tournament 9. 27 August 2006 2β1 4β2 10. 27 September 2006 Madrid, Spain 1β0 3β2 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup 11. 8 October 2006 1β0 3β1 12. 3β1 13. 14 January 2007 Quilmes, Argentina 1β0 3β0 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 14. 21 January 2007 1β0 1β0 15. 18 August 2007 Manchester, England 1β0 9β1 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 16. 10 August 2008 Beijing, China 3β0 6β0 2008 Summer Olympics 17. 5β0 18. 12 August 2008 1β0 3β2 19. 3β2 20. 14 August 2008 1β0 1β0 21. 16 August 2008 1β1 2β1 22. 2β1 23. 18 August 2008 1β0 2β0 24. 20 August 2008 1β0 5β2 25. 2β0 26. 4β0 27. 11 July 2009 Sydney, Australia 2β2 2β2 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 28. 16 July 2009 2β1 2β2 29. 18 July 2009 1β1 1β2 30. 19 July 2009 2β0 5β2 31. 5β1 32. 22 August 2009 Amsterdam, Netherlands 6β0 10β0 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 33. 7β0 34. 23 August 2009 1β0 5β0 35. 3β0 36. 4β0 37. 5β0 38. 25 August 2009 2β0 9β0 39. 5β0 40. 8β0 41. 10 July 2010 Nottingham, England 2β1 3β1 2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 42. 13 July 2010 1β1 2β1 43. 2β1 44. 15 July 2010 2β1 2β4 45. 30 August 2010 Rosario, Argentina 4β1 7β1 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup 46. 6β1 47. 7β1 48. 1 September 2010 4β1 7β3 49. 3 September 2010 1β0 4β1 50. 2β1 51. 3β1 52. 5 September 2010 1β1 2β1 53. 7 September 2010 2β0 5β2 54. 5β0 55. 9 September 2010 1β1 1β1 (4β3 p) 56. 11 September 2010 1β2 1β3 57. 25 June 2011 Amstelveen, Netherlands 1β0 3β0 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 58. 30 June 2011 1β0 2β1 59. 2β1 60. 3 July 2011 1β3 3β3 (3β2 p) 61. 2β3 62. 3β3 63. 20 August 2011 MΓΆnchengladbach, Germany 1β0 8β0 2011 Women's EuroHockey Championship 64. 5β0 65. 7β0 66. 23 August 2011 1β1 5β1 67. 4β1 68. 31 January 2012 Rosario, Argentina 2β0 4β1 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 69. 3β1 70. 2 February 2012 2β0 3β0 71. 4 February 2012 1β1 2β2 (0β2 p) 72. 5 June 2012 Chiswick, England 1β1 2β1 2012 Women's Hockey Investec Cup 73. 2β1 74. 9 June 2012 2β0 2β2 (4β2 p) 75. 10 June 2012 2β0 4β1 76. 4β1 77. 8 August 2012 London, United Kingdom 1β1 2β2 (3β1 p) 2012 Summer Olympics 78. 2β2 79. 10 August 2012 2β0 2β0 80. 4 February 2013 Cape Town, South Africa 1β1 2β2 2013 Women's Hockey Investec Cup 81. 5 February 2013 2β1 4β1 82. 3β1 83. 7 February 2013 2β0 3β1 84. 3β0 85. 9 February 2013 1β0 3β0 86. 3β0 87. 13 June 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands 1β0 1β1 2012β13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 88. 16 June 2013 3β0 10β0 89. 5β0 90. 6β0 91. 18 June 2013 2β0 7β1 92. 7β1 93. 17 August 2013 Boom, Belgium 1β0 6β0 2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship 94. 3β0 95. 20 August 2013 2β0 7β0 96. 6β0 97. 7β0 98. 30 November 2013 San Miguel de TucumΓ‘n, Argentina 1β0 6β0 2012β13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final 99. 1 December 2013 1β0 3β2 100. 2β2 101. 7 December 2013 1β0 2β2 (3β2 p) 102. 8 December 2013 1β1 5β1 103. 4β1 104. 31 May 2014 The Hague, Netherlands 3β0 6β1 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup 105. 6β0 106. 2 June 2014 3β0 4β0 107. 9 June 2014 2β0 3β0 108. 3β0 109. 12 June 2014 2β0 4β0 110. 14 June 2014 1β0 1β0 111. 20 June 2015 Antwerp, Belgium 2β0 11β0 2014β15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 112. 9β0 113. 11β0 114. 23 June 2015 1β0 4β0 115. 3β0 116. 27 June 2015 1β0 9β0 117. 2β0 118. 6β0 119. 2 July 2015 2β1 5β1 120. 22 August 2015 London, England 7β0 9β0 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship 121. 26 August 2015 3β0 5β0 122. 5β0 123. 18 June 2016 London, United Kingdom 1β0 6β2 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 124. 2β0 125. 4β2 126. 6β2 127. 19 June 2016 2β0 2β0 128. 23 June 2016 2β0 2β1 129. 7 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4β0 5β0 2016 Summer Olympics 130. 5β0 131. 12 August 2016 1β0 1β1
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