Roelant Oltmans
Personal information
Full name Roelant Wouter Oltmans
Born (1954-05-25) 25 May 1954
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Club information
Current club Kampong
Teams coached
Years Team
1989–1993 Netherlands (women)
1993–1998 Netherlands
Klein Zwitserland
2003–2004 Pakistan
2005–2008 Netherlands
2015–2017 India
2018 Pakistan
2018–2020 Malaysia
2020–present Kampong

Roelant Wouter Oltmans (born May 25, 1954) is a Dutch field hockey coach who is the current head coach of Kampong first men's team.[1] Earlier he coached the Larensche Mixed Hockey Club men's team. He coached the Netherlands men's, India men's, Pakistan men's , Netherlands women's teams and Malaysia men's team .[2]

Career

His first major prize was with the Netherlands women's team. He was coach from 1989 to 1993 and was world champion at the 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup in Sydney. In 1993 he moved to the men's team, he won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics after defeating Spain 3–1 in the final.

In 1998 he became world champion with the Netherlands men's team at the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht. Then Oltmans moved to football. Until 2002, Oltmans served as technical director of football for NAC. Oltmans was appointed coach of the national team of Pakistan during the Olympic Games in Athens and held the position until the end of 2004. In 2005, he returned as coach of the Dutch national men's team. He held this position until the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of the Malaysia men's national hockey team until July 2020 when he resigned.[3] He then was hired as the new head coach of Kampong first men's team.

References

  1. ↑ "PHF appoints Holland's Roelant Oltmans as senior team's head coach". www.thenews.com.pk. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Ganesan, Uthra (2013-08-15). "'There will be no let up in practice'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ↑ Singh, Jugjet (3 August 2020). "Oltmans quits as Malaysia's national hockey coach". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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