Fatima Moreira de Melo

Fatima Moreira de Melo

Fatima Moreira de Melo is a field hockey legend and one of the biggest sports stars in her homeland of Holland. She’s played for the Dutch national team hundreds of times since making her debut in 1997, winning several major titles along the way. She was part of the team that won the title at the Women’s Hockey World Cup in 2006, and the Champions Trophy in 2007. It was results like this that led to her being voted 2006 Rotterdam Sportswoman of the Year. But the pinnacle of her career came when she won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, an incredible achievement that made up for the bronze medal she won at the Sydney games in 2000 and silver at Athens in 2004. She now spends her time at PokerStars biggest live and online events, proudly representing her home nation. You can find Fatima playing online using the screen name ‘FatimaDeMelo’.