Fieke Boekhorststraat



Josephine Maria Francisca (callsign Fieke) Boekhorststraat ( Helmond , December 181957 ) is a former Dutch hockey star. Specific Boekhorststraat played 116 official games (128 goals) for the Dutch field hockey team .

Boekhorststraat made ​​its debut on September 161978 in the match Netherlands - India (4-1), and became famous for her - especially for women concepts - devastating penalty corner. The defender of the Eindhoven EMHC was therefore considered as the female in the seventies and early eighties of the 20th century, Paul Litjens . Her power was so impressive that a former player of the U.S. hockey team, Beth Anders, did extensive research into the short corner stroke of her Dutch colleague.

Boekhorststraat was one of the pillars in the successful team of the then coach Gijs van Heumen . Played the Brabant in retrospect her last international match on 10 November1985 ( Netherlands - Great Britain 6-0). A few months before the World Cup of 1986 in Amstelveen stumbled Boekhorststraat during a match in the indoor hockey league. A fully broken knee put an abrupt end to her career. As a scout, she was nonetheless still active in the world title fight in theWagener Stadium .

In recent years, above all gives them training the girls to A and B and the D boys and B of HC Helmond .