Estavana Polman

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Estavana Polman
Estavana Polman 20181118.jpg
Player information
birthday 5th August 1992
place of birth Arnhem , Netherlands
citizenship Dutch womanDutch woman Dutch
height 1.74 m
Playing position Back left
  Back center
Throwing hand right
Club information
society Team Esbjerg
Jersey number 79
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-0000 NetherlandsNetherlands AAC Arnhem
0000–2011 NetherlandsNetherlands VOC Amsterdam
2011-2013 DenmarkDenmark Sønderjysk elite sport
2013– DenmarkDenmark Team Esbjerg
National team
Debut on September 22, 2010
  Games (goals)
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 134 (488)

As of November 30, 2019

Estavana Polman (born August 5, 1992 in Arnhem ) is a Dutch handball player .

Career

Estavana Polman played in the Netherlands for AAC Arnhem and VOC Amsterdam, with whom she took part in the EHF Cup in the 2010/11 season . Then the 1.74 meter tall back player moved to the then Danish second division club Sønderjysk Elitesport . With SønderjyskE she rose to the highest Danish league after her first season. In addition, she was named the best player in the 2011/12 second division season. She has been under contract with Team Esbjerg since summer 2013. In 2016 she won the Danish championship. As of December 2016, she was on pause due to her pregnancy . After giving birth to a daughter in June 2017, she returned to the Esbjerg squad for the 2017/18 season. She then won the Danish Cup in December 2017. She also won the Danish championship in 2019 and 2020. In July 2020, Polman tore a cruciate ligament while training .

Polman has so far played 134 international appearances for the Dutch national team , in which they scored 488 goals. She participated in the 2011 and 2013 World Championships . She also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . She won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships as well as the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships . At the 2019 World Cup , she won the World Cup title in the final against the Spanish selection. Polman was also elected to the All-Star Team and was awarded the MVP title.

Private

Polman's twin brother Dario also plays handball. At the end of March 2016 it was publicly announced that she was in a relationship with the Dutch footballer Rafael van der Vaart . In 2017 their daughter was born.

Web links

Commons : Estavana Polman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ japanhandball2019.com: オ ラ ン ダ , accessed November 30, 2019
  2. ↑ Årets Danske Kvindelige 1. divisionsspiller i 2011/2012 - Estavana Polman, SønderjyskE ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ handball-world.com: Pregnancy and extension for Vice World and Vice European Champion Polman , accessed on December 28, 2016
  4. ↑ handball-world.news: Polman back in the Dutch national team after maternity leave , accessed on 23 August 2017
  5. ↑ teamesbjerg.dk: Stjernen over alle er ude - der Skal hentes ny klassespiller , accessed on August 2, 2020
  6. ↑ ihf.info: XX Women's World Championship 2011 Team Roster Netherlands (PDF; 23 kB), accessed on November 14, 2013
  7. ↑ ihf.info: XXI Women's World Championship 2013 Team Roster Netherlands (PDF; 17 kB), accessed on January 17, 2014
  8. ↑ handball-world.news: Polman wins twice - IHF selects All-Star-Team of the Handball World Championship , accessed on December 16, 2019
  9. ↑ eurohandball.com: Dario Polman: Like sister, like brother , accessed on April 9, 2019
  10. ↑ vip.de: Rafael van der Vaart and Estavana Polman: First appearance together as a couple , accessed on March 30, 2016
  11. ↑ Hamburger Morgenpost: Van der Vaart father for the second time , accessed on June 24, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Polman, Estavana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch handball player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnhem , Netherlands