Floris Jan Bovelander
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Floris Jan Bovelander (born January 19, 1966 in Haarlem) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Six years earlier, at the Hockey World Cup in Lahore, where he scored nine times, he won the world title with the Dutch side at the expense of host nation Pakistan.
Bovelander played 241 international matches for the Netherlands, scored a total number of 216 goals and participated in three Olympics. He made his debut on October 2, 1985 in a friendly match against New Zealand. He was famous for his devastating penalty corners, and was nicknamed Flop, Floppie and Boem Boem Bovelander. Bovelander retired after the Atlanta Games. All throughout his career he played for the Dutch club HC Bloemendaal, with whom he won the Dutch title six times.
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Dutch male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
- Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
