Henk Pieterse

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Hendrik "Henk" Pieterse (born December 4,  1959 in Amsterdam ) is a former Dutch basketball player .

career

Pieterse only started playing basketball at the age of 17. The 2.11 meter tall indoor player belonged to the Dutch first division club Amsterdam Canadians from 1978 to 1980. He went to the United States , played and studied at Kentucky Wesleyan College from 1980 to 1984 .

From 1984 to 1990 he was a player in the first division club EBBC from Den Bosch. With EBBC he was national champion four times and also took part with the team in the European Cup. In 1989 he trained in the pre-season with the NBA team Philadelphia 76ers  , but received no contract. In the 1990/91 season Pieterse played for VBC Akrides in the Dutch first division, then in 1991/1992 for BV Noordkop. With the latter team he was national champion and also competed in the European Cup.

Pieterse played in Belgium (Willebroek and Sint-Niklaas) from 1992 to 1994, again in Den Bosch in 1994/95 and then in Germany: from 1995 to 2002 with the NVV Lions Mönchengladbach  and from 2002 with the Krefeld Panthers .

In 1983 and 1987 he took part in the European Championship with the Dutch national team. He played 101 caps for his country.

Pieterse worked professionally as an operator of basketball training camps and as a lecturer.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hendrik Pieterse profile, European Championship for Men 1983. Retrieved on August 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Roger Jackson: HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. Retrieved August 14, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b Henk Pieterse basketball statistics Speler's dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistics. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ https://static.kwcpanthers.com/custompages/mbkb/Records.pdf
  5. ^ Pearl basket. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Henk Pieterse as spreker boeken bij SportsSpeakers.nl. Retrieved August 14, 2020 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ Hendrik Pieterse | European Championship for Men's Clubs (1993) | FIBA Europe. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Yumpu.com: Henk Pieterse.pub. Retrieved August 14, 2020 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ RP ONLINE: Basketball Regionalliga: The Elephants Grevenbroich: Top favorite Salzkotten makes his home debut. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Henk Pieterse heeft de draad weer opgepakt with zijn Pest Mij Maar-clinics en thematic programs. Retrieved August 14, 2020 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Pieterse, Henk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pieterse, Hendrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam