medaltemplates article_title name birth_date
women 's field hockey macha van der vaart
 macha van der vaart april 17 , 1972
macha van der vaart

macha alexandra van der vaart -lrb- born april 17 , 1972 in alkmaar , north holland -rrb- is a former field hockey midfielder from the netherlands , who played 151 international matches for the dutch national women 's team , in which she scored seventeen goals .
she made her debut on december 9 , 1998 against australia -lrb- 1-1 -rrb- , and was a member of the team , that won bronze at the 2000 summer olympics and silver at the 2004 summer olympics .
she retired from international competition after the athens games .
