Lars Balk: Difference between revisions
Removing from Category:21st-century Dutch people has subcat using Cat-a-lot |
|||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Lars Balk''' ({{IPA |
'''Lars Balk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɑrz ˈbɑl(ə)k}}; born 26 February 1996) is a Dutch professional [[field hockey]] player who plays as a defender or midfielder for [[SV Kampong|Kampong]] and the [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Dutch national team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lars Balk |url=https://hockey.nl/held/lars-balk/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch}}</ref> |
||
==Club career== |
==Club career== |
||
| Line 60: | Line 60: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
* {{FIH}} |
|||
* {{sports links|properties=-P9822}} |
|||
* {{Olympedia}} |
|||
* {{Olympics.com}} |
|||
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/lars-balk_1971905 Lars Balk] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]] |
|||
* {{TeamNL|lars-balk|old_id=5839-lars-balk}} |
* {{TeamNL|lars-balk|old_id=5839-lars-balk}} |
||
| Line 74: | Line 77: | ||
{{Netherlands FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} |
{{Netherlands FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} |
||
{{Netherlands FH Squad 2023 World Cup}} |
{{Netherlands FH Squad 2023 World Cup}} |
||
{{Netherlands FH Squad 2023 EuroHockey}} |
{{Netherlands FH Squad 2023 EuroHockey}} |
||
}} |
}} |
||
| Line 92: | Line 95: | ||
[[Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players]] |
[[Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players]] |
||
[[Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players]] |
[[Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]] |
||
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]] |
|||
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]] |
|||
[[Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 11:11, 17 November 2024
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
26 February 1996 Vianen, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Kampong | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2008 | MHC Vianen | ||
| 2008–2014 | Kampong | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014– | Kampong | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2014–2017 | Netherlands U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | Netherlands (indoor) | 12 | (1) |
| 2016–present | Netherlands | 122 | (3) |
Medal record | |||
Lars Balk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɑrz ˈbɑl(ə)k]; born 26 February 1996) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Kampong and the Dutch national team.[1]
Club career
[edit]Balk started playing hockey at the age of five at his local hockey club MHC Vianen.[2] When he was 12 years old and wanted to play on a higher level, he switched to Kampong.[2] He made his debut for the first team of Kampong when he was 17 years old.[3] Balk played in all four matches in the 2014–15 Euro Hockey League, where they were eliminated in the quarter-final. In his second Euro Hockey League, they reached the final and won the tournament.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]Before Balk made his debut for the outdoor senior team, he played for the indoor team in the 2015 Indoor World Cup, where they won the gold medal.[4] He made his debut for the senior national team in January 2016 in a test match against Argentina.[5] After he was not selected in the 2017 EuroHockey Championship squad for the senior team, he played in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.[6] Balk played in all seven matches in the 2018 World Cup and scored one goal. They eventually reached the final, where they lost to Belgium.[7] In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[8] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lars Balk". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Lars Balk in hockeyselectie van Oranje". www.hetkontakt.nl (in Dutch). Het Kontakt. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ Collewijn, Sander (9 November 2018). "Lars Balk: de mug, het on-Nederlandse klootzakje van Oranje". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "BALK Lars". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "BALK Lars". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Alexander Cox maakt EK-selectie Jong Oranje Heren bekend". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". FIH. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Lars Balk at the International Hockey Federation
- Lars Balk at Olympedia (archive)
- Lars Balk at Olympics.com
- Lars Balk at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Lars Balk at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
Netherlands squads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Dutch male field hockey players
- People from Vianen
- Field hockey players from Utrecht (province)
- Male field hockey defenders
- Male field hockey midfielders
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
- SV Kampong players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen