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Maartje Paumen
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Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 (age 38)
Geleen, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m
Weight 66 kg
Sport
Country  Netherlands
Sport Field hockey
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Team
Gold 2012 London Team
Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold 2006 Madrid
Gold 2014 The Hague
Silver 2010 Rosario
European Championship
Gold 2005 Dublin
Gold 2009 Amstelveen
Gold 2011 Gladbach
Silver 2007 Manchester
Silver 2015 London
Bronze 2013 Boom
Champions Trophy
Gold 2004 Rosario
Gold 2005 Canberra
Gold 2007 Quilmes
Gold 2011 Amstelveen
Silver 2010 Nottingham
Silver 2016 London
Bronze 2006 Amstelveen
Bronze 2009 Sydney
Bronze 2012 Rosario
Bronze 2014 Mendoza

Maartje Yvonne Helene Paumen (born 19 September 1985) is a former Dutch field hockey player. She is currently 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 she 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 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 point 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.

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