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Floris Jan Bovelander

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Floris Jan Bovelander is a former Dutch field hockey player, born on 19 January 1966 in Haarlem, who won the gold medal with the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He made his national team debut in October 1985 and went on to play 241 international matches and score 215 goals across three Olympics, adding bronze at Seoul in 1988 and fourth place at Barcelona in 1992. Nicknamed Flop and Boem Boem for his powerful penalty corners, he also helped the Dutch win the 1990 World Cup in Lahore, where he scored nine goals, and set a European Championship record of seventeen goals in a single tournament in 1991. He spent his whole club career at HC Bloemendaal, winning the Dutch league six times and the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup in 1987.

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Birth Year
1966 1
Gender
Male 1
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Competed In

1988 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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1992 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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1996 Summer Olympics, Competitions
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Field Hockey, Sports
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Netherlands

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Floris Jan Bovelander (born 19 January 1966) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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    Floris Jan Bovelander (born 19 January 1966) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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    He was famous for his devastating penalty corners, and was nicknamed Flop, Floppie and Boem Boem Bovelander.
  • Competed In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic appearance, 1988-summer-olympics
    Earlier, he won all the bronze medals at the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul and was fourth at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
  • Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympic appearance, 1992-summer-olympics
    Earlier, he won all the bronze medals at the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul and was fourth at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
  • Competed In: 1996 Summer Olympics, Olympic appearance, 1996-summer-olympics
    Earlier, he won all the bronze medals at the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul and was fourth at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
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