Stella van Gils

Stella van Gils
Personal information
Full name	Stella Dianne van Gils
Nationality	Dutch
Born	4 August 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Field hockey
Medal record
European Championship

Stella Dianne van Gils (born 4 August 1999) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder.^[1] She plays for club AHBC and is part of the Netherlands women's national field hockey team.^[2]^[3] She made her debut for the national team on 30 May 2021.^[4] She was part of the national team at the 2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.^[5]^[6]

She was included in the Netherlands squad for the women's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in July and August 2021. Though designated as an alternate player,^[7] due to rule changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic she was eligible to compete in all matches (unlike previous tournaments, in which alternates could only compete after permanently replacing an injured player).^[8] Though the Netherlands earned the gold medal, she did not make an appearance and was therefore ineligible to receive a medal.^[9]^[10]

References

^ "Stella van Gils". Hockey.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Pinoké | Nieuwsbericht". pinoke.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Stella van Gils: 'We gingen er in de tweede helft echt overheen'". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Oranje-debutant Stella van Gils: "Ik had het volkslied nog nooit gezongen"". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Annan maakt selectie EK Hockey 2021 bekend". KNHB.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Debutante Stella van Gils kijkt ogen uit op EK hockey". Telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Koolen vervangt Van den Assem in olympische hockeyselectie" [Koolen replaces Van den Assem in Olympic hockey selection]. Royal Dutch Hockey Association (in Dutch). 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Flexibility introduced for team rosters in several sports at Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 3 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Hockey (Women): Cumulative Statistics, NED – Netherlands" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Hockey (Women): Medallists" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.