Jelle Galema
Personal information
Born (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31)
Boxtel, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Oranje-Rood
Youth career
MEP
Senior career
Years Team
2009–2016 Oranje Zwart
2016–2018 Oranje-Rood
2018–2021 Den Bosch
2021–present Oranje-Rood
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–present Netherlands 76 (8)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 The Hague
EuroHockey Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antwerp
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2013 New Delhi
Last updated on: 13 August 2021

Jelle Galema (born 16 November 1992) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward for Oranje-Rood and the Dutch national team.[1]

Club career

Galema started playing hockey at MEP in Boxtel and in 2009 he made the switch to Oranje Zwart.[2] After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with EMHC he started playing for the newly formed club Oranje-Rood. In 2018, he moved to Den Bosch.[3] After three seasons in Den Bosch he returned to Oranje-Rood in the summer of 2021.[4]

International career

Galema's first call-up for the national team was for the 2012–13 Hockey World League Semifinal in Rotterdam.[5] Galema was a part of the Dutch squad which won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championship and a silver medal at the 2014 World Cup. After 2017, he was not called up for two years but he returned in the national team for the 2019 FIH Pro League. In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[7] In December 2020, he was dropped from the national team's training squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Jelle Galema - Hockey.nl". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Spaanse hockeytopper naar OZ". studio040.nl (in Dutch). 24 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Galema verruilt Oranje-Rood voor Den Bosch". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ^ van Nugteren, Marco (12 January 2021). "Jelle Galema na drie seizoenen terug naar Oranje-Rood". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ Kronenberg, Marjolein (10 June 2013). "Jelle Galema (Oranje Zwart) maakt debuut in selectie Oranje". www.omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. ^ "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 24 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Jelle Galema valt af voor Tokio, nieuwe kans Roel Bovendeert bij Oranje". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

External links

HC Oranje-Rood – current squad
Netherlands squads
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