John-John Dohmen
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| Nationality | Belgian |
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24 January 1988 Anderlecht, Belgium |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
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| Country |
 Belgium
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| Sport | Field hockey |
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John-John Dohmen (born 24 January 1988) is a Belgian international field hockey player.
John-John Dohmen is born in Anderlecht in 1988, and spent his youth in Ittre.
He has graduated in ergotherapy. In 2014 he was a candidate for the Centre démocrate humaniste in the Belgian regional elections in Walloon Brabant.
Dohmen started playing hockey when he was five years old, and debuted at Royal Léopold Club in Uccle.
He is a player with Waterloo Ducks, and since 2013 the captain of the Belgian national team (the "Red Lions"). He has won five national titles, one with Léopold and four with Waterloo. He was named Belgian hockey player of the year for the season 2008-2009.
Dohmen debuted with the national team when he was only 16 years old, in a match against Italy. As of 23 February 2017, he had played 338 matches for the Red Lions.
He participated in his first Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dohmen became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.
In his third Olympics, Rio 2016, Dohmen led his team to the silver medal in the men's field hockey tournament.
At the 2016 Hockey Stars, the main awards given by the International Hockey Federation, Dohmen was crowned the 2016 FIH Player of the Year. He was previously nominated for the same award in 2013 and 2015.
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