Babette Backers
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| Born | 2003 or 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | HC Kampong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022- | HC Kampong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Babette Backers (born 2003 or 2004) is a Dutch women's field hockey player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for HC Kampong. As a member of the Netherland national team (under-21) she became 2022 Junior World Cup champion.[1]
Biography[change | change source]
Many of her family members played field hockey at HC Houten and so she started playing at the same club. As a talented player, she became already as a c-junior a member of a HC Kampong selection. Since 2022 she is goalkeeper of the main women’s team.[1]
Backers played three years for the national team (under-16) and afterwards for the national team (under-18).[1] She competed at the 2021 EuroHockey Youth Championship winning the bronze medal.[2] Initially being a reserve player of the Netherland national team (under-21) for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in South Africa,[3] she became a member of the team after the championships were postponed. She played during several matches and became with the team world champion.[1]
Backers studies medicine.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cancian, Roberto (27 May 2022). "Talenten Kampong pakken wereldtitel in Zuid-Afrika". Utrechtse Sportkrant (in Dutch). p. 25.
- ↑ "EK-18 : Backers: 'We wilden onze twee teamgenoten trots maken'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ↑ "Drietal van SCHC en Kampong naar WK hockey onder 21". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.