John-John Dohmen

John-John Dohmen
	Dohmen in 2016
Personal information
Full name	John-John Dominique Dohmen
Born	24 January 1988 (age 37); Anderlecht, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Orée
Youth career
	Léopold
Senior career
Years	Team
	Léopold
0000–2020	Waterloo Ducks
2020–present	Orée
National team
Years	Team
2005–2024	Belgium
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Belgium
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Hockey World League

John-John Dominique Dohmen (born 24 January 1988) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays for Orée and the Belgium national team as a midfielder. He played 481 matches for the Belgium national team from 2005 until 2024.

Biography

John-John Dohmen was born in Anderlecht in 1988, and spent his youth in Ittre.^[1]

He has graduated in ergotherapy.^[2] In 2014, he was a candidate for the Centre démocrate humaniste in the Belgian regional elections in Walloon Brabant.^[1]

Dohmen started playing hockey when he was five years old, and debuted at Royal Léopold Club in Uccle.^[3]

He was a player for the Waterloo Ducks until 2020, and since 2013, the captain of the Belgian national team (the "Red Lions").^[1] He has won five national titles, one with Léopold and four with Waterloo. He was named Belgian hockey player of the year for the season 2008–2009.^[3] In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Dohmen's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.^[4]^[5]

International career

Dohmen debuted with the national team when he was only 16 years old, in a match against Italy. As of June 30, 2023, he had played 450 matches for the Red Lions.^[3]

He participated in his first Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6] Dohmen became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.^{[citation needed]} In August 2024 he announced after the quarterfinal loss in the 2024 Summer Olympics against Spain would be his last match with the national team.^[7]^[8]

Olympic silver medalist

In his third Olympics, Rio 2016, Dohmen led his team to the silver medal in the men's field hockey tournament.^[3]

World hockey player of the year

At the 2016 FIH Player of the Year Awards, the main awards given by the International Hockey Federation, Dohmen was crowned the 2016 FIH Player of the Year.^[9] He was previously nominated for the same award in 2013 and 2015.^[3]

Awards

2009: Belgian hockey player of the year
2016: Officer in the Order of Walloon Merit^[10]
2017: FIH Player of the Year 2016 at the FIH Player of the Year Awards

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Qui est John-John Dohmen, la nouvelle recrue d'André Antoine". Le Vif (in French). 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "John-John Dohmen" (in Dutch). Team Belgium. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Goffaut, Christophe (23 February 2017). "John-John Dohmen, l'apprenti devenu guide". L'Avenir (in French). Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4-0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "John-John Dohmen". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "Red Lions : les arrêts, les incertitudes". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ "JO 2024 – Hockey : au moins cinq champions olympiques de Tokyo partent à la retraite après la désillusion contre l'Espagne". lalibre.be (in French). La Libre. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "John-John Dohmen, Naomi Van named best hockey players of 2016". India.com. India-Asian News Agence. 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "John John Dohmen Officier (2016)". Connaître la Wallonie (in French). Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

External links

John-John Dohmen at the International Hockey Federation
John-John Dohmen at the European Hockey Federation
John-John Dohmen at Olympedia (archive)
John-John Dohmen at Olympics.com
John-John Dohmen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
John-John Dohmen at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French) (archive)
Official website

[Vif-1] "Qui est John-John Dohmen, la nouvelle recrue d'André Antoine". Le Vif (in French). 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[2] "John-John Dohmen" (in Dutch). Team Belgium. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[Avenir-3] Goffaut, Christophe (23 February 2017). "John-John Dohmen, l'apprenti devenu guide". L'Avenir (in French). Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[4] "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[5] "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4-0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[OlympicBotGeneratedRef-6] "John-John Dohmen". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[7] "Red Lions : les arrêts, les incertitudes". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

[8] "JO 2024 – Hockey : au moins cinq champions olympiques de Tokyo partent à la retraite après la désillusion contre l'Espagne". lalibre.be (in French). La Libre. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[9] "John-John Dohmen, Naomi Van named best hockey players of 2016". India.com. India-Asian News Agence. 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[10] "John John Dohmen Officier (2016)". Connaître la Wallonie (in French). Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

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