Pieter van Straaten
# Pieter van Straaten

Pieter Georges van Straaten (born 23 October 1992) is a French field hockey player who plays as a forward for Belgian Hockey League club Antwerp and the French national team.

## Career

### Under–21

Pieter van Straaten debuted for the France U–21 team in 2012 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in 's-Hertogenbosch.

The following year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in New Delhi. At the tournament he won a silver medal, a history making performance for the French team.

### Senior national team

Van Straaten made his debut for the French national team in 2012.

In 2018, he was represented his country at the FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar.

Since his debut, Pieter van Straaten has been a regular fixture in the national squad. He won his first major medal with the senior team in 2019 at the FIH Series Finals in Le Touquet, taking home a gold medal.

He was a member of the national team at the 2021 EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam, and was also named in the French squad for the 2021–22 FIH Pro League.

