Bob de Voogd (; born 16 September 1988) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Belgian club Braxgata.

He was included to the national team in 2009 and won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, placing fourth in 2016.

Bob de Voogd

Club career

De Voogd started playing hockey at his local hockey club HMHC in Helmond. After the club merged with another Helmond club he started playing for the newly formed club, HC Helmond. He played there until 2004 when he transferred to Den Bosch to play in the highest division of Dutch field hockey. In 2007 he transferred to Oranje Zwart. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he started playing for the newly formed club HC Oranje-Rood. In January 2019, he agreed to play for Braxgata in Belgium from the 2019–20 season onwards.

Bob de Voogd

International career

De Voogd broke his jaw during a friendly match against Pakistan in June 2012, but recovered for the 2012 Olympics. Next year he missed four months of competitions, including the European Championships, because of a foot injury. He was not selected for the 2014 World Championships. However, he did play in the 2018 World Cup, where they won the silver medal. In January 2020 he was dropped from the national team's training squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Bob de Voogd

Honours

Netherlands

Olympic Silver Medal: 2012

European Championship: 2015, 2017

Hockey World League: 2012–13

Oranje Zwart

Euro Hockey League: 2014–15

Hoofdklasse: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

References

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1988 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Helmond

Field hockey players from North Brabant

Dutch male field hockey players

Male field hockey midfielders

Male field hockey forwards

Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands

Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

HC Den Bosch players

Oranje Zwart players

HC Oranje-Rood players

Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players

Men's Belgian Hockey League players

Expatriate field hockey players

Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium

20th-century Dutch people

21st-century Dutch people