{{short description|Dutch field hockey player}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Pien Sanders | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|6|11}} | birth_place = Udenhout, Netherlands | height = | position = Defender | currentclub = Den Bosch | clubnumber = | nationalyears1 = 2016-2016 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands U–21 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2017–present | nationalteam2 = Netherlands | nationalcaps2 = 63 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIH World League}} {{MedalGold|2016–17 Auckland|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Nations Championship}} {{MedalGold|2017 Amstelveen|}} {{MedalGold|2021 Amstelveen|}} {{MedalGold|2023 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalGold|2025 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2018 Changzhou|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIH Junior World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Santiago|}} }}
'''Pien Sanders''' (born 11 June 1998) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Den Bosch and the Dutch national team.<ref name="KNHB">{{cite web |url=https://hockey.nl/held/pien-sanders/ |title=Pien Sanders |publisher=Hockey Netherlands |website=hockey.nl |language=Dutch |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/434/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Netherlands |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pien Sanders grew up in Tilburg, Netherlands.<ref name="KNHB"/> Sanders is currently in a romantic relationship with Dutch football player Jill Roord.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/07/who-are-the-out-2025-euros-lgbtq-netherlands-players-facing-the-lionesses/|title=Who are the out 2025 Euros LGBTQ+ Netherlands players facing the Lionesses?|last=Maskell|first=Emily|website=PinkNews|date=July 7, 2025|access-date=July 7, 2025|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>
Sanders is sponsored by Brabo Hockey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brabohockey.com/en/ |title=Brabo Hockey – The Style of Play |publisher=Brabo Hockey |website=brabohockey.com |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
==Career== ===Club hockey=== In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, Sanders plays for HC Den Bosch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hcdenbosch.nl/site/default.asp?Option=51&NewsID=4914 |title=Grote Bossche bijdrage in eerste ProLeague-wedstrijden |publisher=HC Den Bosch |website=hcdenbosch.nl |language=Dutch |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
===National teams=== ====Under–18==== In 2015, Sanders was a member of the Netherlands U–18 side at the EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander, Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurohockey.altiusrt.com/people/2384 |title=SANDERS Pien |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=eurohockey.altiusrt.com |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref> At the tournament, Sanders won a gold medal with the team and was awarded Player of the Tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.eurohockey.org/santander/ |title=SANTANDER – EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS ENDED WITH NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY AS CHAMPIONS |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=eurohockey.org |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
====Under–21==== Sanders was a member of the Netherlands Under–21 team at the 2016 FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile where the team won a silver medal.<ref name="FIH2">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/16549 |title=SANDERS Pien |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
====Oranje Dames==== Pien Sanders made her debut for the Oranje Dames in 2017, during a test series against Spain in Cádiz, Spain.<ref name="KNHB"/><ref name="FIH2"/>
Since her debut, Sanders has medalled with the Dutch national team on three occasions, winning gold on each occasion. The medals came at the 2017 EuroHockey Championships in Amstelveen, Netherlands; at the 2016–17 FIH World League in Auckland, New Zealand; and at the 2018 Champions Trophy in Changzhou, China.<ref name="FIH2"/>
In 2019, Sanders appeared in the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fihproleague.com/women/players/sanders-pien__71791__4868 |title=SANDERS Pien |publisher=FIH Pro League |website=fihproleague.com |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
===International goals=== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" width=97% |- !style="font-size:95%;" data-sort-type=number|<br/>Goal !align=center|Date !Location !width=90|Opponent !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"|Score !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%"|Result !Competition !{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1 || 24 February 2019 || CeNARD, Buenos Aires, Argentina || {{fhw|ARG}} || align="center"|'''2'''–1 || align="center"|2–1 || rowspan=2|2019 FIH Pro League || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/matches/12747/reports/matchreport |title=Argentina 1–2 Netherlands |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref> |}
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==External links== * {{sports links|properties=-P9822}} * {{TeamNL|pien-sanders|old_id=6303-pien-sanders}}
{{Netherlands FHW Squad 2016-17 FIH World League}} {{Netherlands FHW Squad 2018 Champions Trophy}} {{Netherlands FHW Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{Netherlands FHW Squad 2022 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Pien}} Category:1998 births Category:21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people Category:21st-century Dutch sportswomen Category:Living people Category:Dutch women's field hockey players Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Field hockey players from North Brabant Category:HC 's-Hertogenbosch players Category:LGBTQ field hockey players Category:Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:People from Udenhout Category:Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey players