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# Queer Dutch hockey player Anne Veenendaal named Goalie of the Year
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/queer-dutch-hockey-player-anne-veenendaal-named-goalie-of-the-year/
- Published: 2024-12-31T11:08:57.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-31T11:08:57.000Z
- Description: Queer Dutch hockey player Anne Veenendaal, whose team won gold at the Paris Olympics, has been named Goalie of the Year by readers of a Dutch field hockey magazine. Veenendaal, 29, who rocked the Progress Pride flag on her helmet during the Olympics, was called a “a constant force for both Amsterdam
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Sport, LGBT, Netherlands, Olympics, Paris 2024

Queer Dutch hockey player **Anne Veenendaal**, whose team won gold at the **Paris Olympics**, has been named Goalie of the Year by readers of a Dutch field hockey magazine.

Veenendaal, 29, who rocked the **Progress Pride flag** on her helmet during the Olympics, was called a “a constant force for both Amsterdam and the Dutch National Team”, in the Instagram post announcing the award. The magazine,   *Tulp Hoofdklasse*, added on Instagram: “She has proven to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world and now also your Goalie of the Year.

“Her long-awaited participation in the Olympics became a reality this year. In the Olympic Games final, Anne stopped three Chinese shootouts, making her the unforgettable heroine of the final.”

Veenendaal was one of the 199 out LGBTQ+ Olympians at the 2024 Paris Games, where Team LGBTQ+ won a collective 43 medals, including 16 golds.