title: Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
text: # Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
  
  Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel (born 16 April 1987) is a Dutch field hockey player.
  
  At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the women's event. Fox News notes her as one of ten LGBT Olympians to medal in London.
  
  ## Private life
  
  Carlien is lesbian.
  
  