John-John Dohmen

John-John Dominique Dohmen (born 24 January 1988) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays for Orée and the Belgium national team as a midfielder. He played 481 matches for the Belgium national team from 2005 until 2024.

John-John Dohmen

Dohmen in 2016
Personal information
Full name	John-John Dominique Dohmen
Born	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 37) Anderlecht, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Orée
Youth career
	Léopold
Senior career
Years	Team
	Léopold
0000–2020	Waterloo Ducks
2020–present	Orée
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2005–2024	Belgium	408	(63)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela EuroHockey Championship 2019 Antwerp 2013 Boom 2007 Manchester 2021 Amstelveen 2023 Mönchengladbach Hockey World League 2014–15 Raipur Team

Biography

John-John Dohmen was born in Anderlecht in 1988, and spent his youth in Ittre.^[1]

He has graduated in ergotherapy.^[2] In 2014, he was a candidate for the Centre démocrate humaniste in the Belgian regional elections in Walloon Brabant.^[1]

Dohmen started playing hockey when he was five years old, and debuted at Royal Léopold Club in Uccle.^[3]

He was a player for the Waterloo Ducks until 2020, and since 2013, the captain of the Belgian national team (the "Red Lions").^[1] 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.^[3] In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Dohmen's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.^[4][5]

International career

Dohmen debuted with the national team when he was only 16 years old, in a match against Italy. As of June 30, 2023, he had played 450 matches for the Red Lions.^[3]

He participated in his first Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6] Dohmen became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.^{[citation needed]} In August 2024 he announced after the quarterfinal loss in the 2024 Summer Olympics against Spain would be his last match with the national team.^[7][8]

Olympic silver medalist

In his third Olympics, Rio 2016, Dohmen led his team to the silver medal in the men's field hockey tournament.^[3]

World hockey player of the year

At the 2016 FIH Player of the Year Awards, the main awards given by the International Hockey Federation, Dohmen was crowned the 2016 FIH Player of the Year.^[9] He was previously nominated for the same award in 2013 and 2015.^[3]

Awards

• 2009: Belgian hockey player of the year
• 2016: Officer in the Order of Walloon Merit^[10]
• 2017: FIH Player of the Year 2016 at the FIH Player of the Year Awards