Kyra Fortuin
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| Born |
15 May 1997 Maastricht, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | SCHC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | MHC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Oranje Zwart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Oranje Zwart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Oranje-Rood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | SCHC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Netherlands U18 | 12 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Netherlands U21 | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Netherlands | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyra Fortuin (born 15 May 1997)[1] is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who plays as a forward.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Kyra Fortuin was born and raised in Maastricht, Netherlands.[2]
Career
[edit]Club hockey
[edit]In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, Fortuin plays club hockey for SCHC.[3]
Her club history includes representation for Oranje Zwart and HC Oranje-Rood.[2]
National teams
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 2016, Fortuin appeared for the Netherlands U–21 on two occasions. Her first appearance was during a Four–Nations Tournament in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and the second at the Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.[4] At the tournament, Fortuin scored two goals, and helped the team to a silver medal finish, losing in the final to Argentina.[5]
The following year in 2017, Fortuin won her first gold medal with the team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia, Spain.[6]
Oranje Dames
[edit]In 2019, Fortuin made her debut for the Netherlands senior team during the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League.[4][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b c "Kyra Fortuin". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "FORTUIN Kyra". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b "FORTUIN Kyra". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "After finishing second in 2009, Argentina wins 2016 Women's Junior Hockey World Cup". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "NETHERLANDS HIT BELGIUM FOR SIX OF THE BEST TO RETAIN WOMEN'S EURO JUNIORS TITLE". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "FORTUIN Kyra". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Female field hockey forwards
- Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
- Field hockey players from Utrecht (province)
- SCHC players
- Dutch female field hockey players
- HC Oranje-Rood players
- Oranje Zwart players
- Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- Dutch field hockey biography stubs