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Maartje Paumen

b. 1985

Dutch field hockey player

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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 2–0. The team kept its Olympic title at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating the Argentinian team 2–0 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 1–0 3–0 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 2. 16 August 2005 4–0 5–0 3. 17 August 2005 1–0 4–0 4. 4–0 5. 26 November 2005 Canberra, Australia 2–1 2–1 2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 6. 9 July 2006 Amstelveen, Netherlands 1–1 3–1 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 7. 11 July 2006 3–0 4–0 8. 26 August 2006 Virginia Beach, United States 1–0 3–0 2006 March on Madrid Hockey Tournament 9. 27 August 2006 2–1 4–2 10. 27 September 2006 Madrid, Spain 1–0 3–2 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup 11. 8 October 2006 1–0 3–1 12. 3–1 13. 14 January 2007 Quilmes, Argentina 1–0 3–0 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 14. 21 January 2007 1–0 1–0 15. 18 August 2007 Manchester, England 1–0 9–1 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 16. 10 August 2008 Beijing, China 3–0 6–0 2008 Summer Olympics 17. 5–0 18. 12 August 2008 1–0 3–2 19. 3–2 20. 14 August 2008 1–0 1–0 21. 16 August 2008 1–1 2–1 22. 2–1 23. 18 August 2008 1–0 2–0 24. 20 August 2008 1–0 5–2 25. 2–0 26. 4–0 27. 11 July 2009 Sydney, Australia 2–2 2–2 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 28. 16 July 2009 2–1 2–2 29. 18 July 2009 1–1 1–2 30. 19 July 2009 2–0 5–2 31. 5–1 32. 22 August 2009 Amsterdam, Netherlands 6–0 10–0 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 33. 7–0 34. 23 August 2009 1–0 5–0 35. 3–0 36. 4–0 37. 5–0 38. 25 August 2009 2–0 9–0 39. 5–0 40. 8–0 41. 10 July 2010 Nottingham, England 2–1 3–1 2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 42. 13 July 2010 1–1 2–1 43. 2–1 44. 15 July 2010 2–1 2–4 45. 30 August 2010 Rosario, Argentina 4–1 7–1 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup 46. 6–1 47. 7–1 48. 1 September 2010 4–1 7–3 49. 3 September 2010 1–0 4–1 50. 2–1 51. 3–1 52. 5 September 2010 1–1 2–1 53. 7 September 2010 2–0 5–2 54. 5–0 55. 9 September 2010 1–1 1–1 (4–3 p) 56. 11 September 2010 1–2 1–3 57. 25 June 2011 Amstelveen, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 2011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 58. 30 June 2011 1–0 2–1 59. 2–1 60. 3 July 2011 1–3 3–3 (3–2 p) 61. 2–3 62. 3–3 63. 20 August 2011 MΓΆnchengladbach, Germany 1–0 8–0 2011 Women's EuroHockey Championship 64. 5–0 65. 7–0 66. 23 August 2011 1–1 5–1 67. 4–1 68. 31 January 2012 Rosario, Argentina 2–0 4–1 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 69. 3–1 70. 2 February 2012 2–0 3–0 71. 4 February 2012 1–1 2–2 (0–2 p) 72. 5 June 2012 Chiswick, England 1–1 2–1 2012 Women's Hockey Investec Cup 73. 2–1 74. 9 June 2012 2–0 2–2 (4–2 p) 75. 10 June 2012 2–0 4–1 76. 4–1 77. 8 August 2012 London, United Kingdom 1–1 2–2 (3–1 p) 2012 Summer Olympics 78. 2–2 79. 10 August 2012 2–0 2–0 80. 4 February 2013 Cape Town, South Africa 1–1 2–2 2013 Women's Hockey Investec Cup 81. 5 February 2013 2–1 4–1 82. 3–1 83. 7 February 2013 2–0 3–1 84. 3–0 85. 9 February 2013 1–0 3–0 86. 3–0 87. 13 June 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 1–1 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 88. 16 June 2013 3–0 10–0 89. 5–0 90. 6–0 91. 18 June 2013 2–0 7–1 92. 7–1 93. 17 August 2013 Boom, Belgium 1–0 6–0 2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship 94. 3–0 95. 20 August 2013 2–0 7–0 96. 6–0 97. 7–0 98. 30 November 2013 San Miguel de TucumΓ‘n, Argentina 1–0 6–0 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final 99. 1 December 2013 1–0 3–2 100. 2–2 101. 7 December 2013 1–0 2–2 (3–2 p) 102. 8 December 2013 1–1 5–1 103. 4–1 104. 31 May 2014 The Hague, Netherlands 3–0 6–1 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup 105. 6–0 106. 2 June 2014 3–0 4–0 107. 9 June 2014 2–0 3–0 108. 3–0 109. 12 June 2014 2–0 4–0 110. 14 June 2014 1–0 1–0 111. 20 June 2015 Antwerp, Belgium 2–0 11–0 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 112. 9–0 113. 11–0 114. 23 June 2015 1–0 4–0 115. 3–0 116. 27 June 2015 1–0 9–0 117. 2–0 118. 6–0 119. 2 July 2015 2–1 5–1 120. 22 August 2015 London, England 7–0 9–0 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship 121. 26 August 2015 3–0 5–0 122. 5–0 123. 18 June 2016 London, United Kingdom 1–0 6–2 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy 124. 2–0 125. 4–2 126. 6–2 127. 19 June 2016 2–0 2–0 128. 23 June 2016 2–0 2–1 129. 7 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4–0 5–0 2016 Summer Olympics 130. 5–0 131. 12 August 2016 1–0 1–1

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Randstad Topsport Academy, Graaf Huyn College
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Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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Maartje Yvonne Helene Paumen

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Dutch field hockey player

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Maartje Paumen was born on 19 September 1985 in Geleen.

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Maartje Paumen is a field hockey player.

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