Floris Jan Bovelander

Floris Jan Bovelander (born 19 January 1966) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch national squad that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Bovelander was born in Haarlem, and made his debut for the Netherlands national team on Wednesday, 2 October 1985, in a friendly match against New Zealand resulting in a 3–1 win, and went on to play 241 international games, scored 215 goals,[1] and participated in three Olympics.

Thanks in particular to two penalty corners from 'the cannon with the angel's face', the Netherlands won the Olympic title at the expense of Spain, 3–1.

With a tally of 276 goals he was, for many years, the top scorer in the Dutch Hockey League until he was overtaken on the 6 November 2011 by Roderick Weusthof and later by Taeke Taekema.

Bovelander studied medical biology in Leiden, but nowadays mainly earns a living as an organiser of hockey camps and clinics, youth and corporate events.