1 woman for 47 people: how the Curacao harvest doctor breaks stereotypes at the World Championships 2026

Today, 04:28 | Football
Сюзанна Хурман, Getty Images
Text Size:

Suzanne Hurman shared her knowledge of the work in today's human middle, spoke about the cries of great sports and the historic match against Germany.

Dr. Suzanne Hourman, who is a member of the medical staff of the Curacao team (the smallest country in the tournament), became the third female head doctor for the team in the entire 96-year history of the World Cup. Before her, Celeste Gertsema, who worked in New Zealand in 2010, walked along this path, and Silya Schwartz, a dignified doctor of the German national team.

When FIFA representatives informed Dr. Hourman that she was the only female nurse to the medical staff at the South Korean tournament, she did not immediately give any importance.

At first I didn’t inform anyone, because for me it’s normal to be the only one or one of the poor wives in the room, otherwise I’m tempted to get more wives, because there’s a lot of fakery, like.

Suzanne Hurman was born in Brazil, studied medicine in the Netherlands and has a great testimony. Vaughn worked with Real Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, as well as handball and women's football teams of the Netherlands.

Prote in human elite football had a chance to run into advances. In their words, the Curacao team has an entire delegation of 49 people (including staff) - men, and there is only one woman in the team.

Why does great football have so few female doctors Dr. Hourman appreciates that the main reason is not in competence, but in the specificity of the work, which requires wholesome training. Constantly rising prices and irregular schedules are difficult to cope with special lives. Vaginism and looking after children will take a pause, as it is important to “fit it” into the busy calendar of the professional season.

Professional sport relies on the doctor’s constant presence in charge of the team. To change the situation, Hourman urges clubs and congregations to take over their work.. For example, Sweden already practices a rotation system, when doctors change one treatment.

“In spite of difficulties, Emergency 2026 is already considered a symbolic event”. At the group stage match between Curacao and Nimecchina, for the first time in the history of the human World Cup, a medical team worked including women. They went before her:.

Doctor Emma Lunan (FIFA doctor, match certificate);

Doctor Suzanne Hourman (Curacao);

Doctor Silya Schwartz (Nimechchina);

Dr. Kerry Bakunas (special care physician);

Dr. Kerry Peek (injury control) “I am confident that this will be a springboard that will show that the evidence in sports medicine does not lie in line with gender, and abilities are based solely on your competence,” said Dr. Lunan.

The island culture of Curacao (population approximately 158,000) has become a sensation, having qualified without suffering from water damage.. In their historic match against Germany in Houston, the team scored their first goal at the world championships, although they lost to the four-time champions with a score of 1:7.



Ahead of the matches against Ecuador and Cote d'Ivoire in Curacao, the team's medical care remains positive:.

" I heard how Spain played against Cape Verde, but you don’t know the tune in football." And to women who are dreaming about a career in human sports, but who feel the reality, Suzanne Hurman gives simple, but pure joy: “I felt a million times that I couldn’t earn anything, because I’m a woman. If you bring your brilliance to the forefront and show yourself that you are a good professional, you can do anything."




Add a comment
:D :lol: :-) ;-) 8) :-| :-* :oops: :sad: :cry: :o :-? :-x :eek: :zzz :P :roll: :sigh:
 Enter the correct answer