Kim Staelens
| Kim Staelens | |
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| Staelens in Amstelveen | |
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| Date of birth | January 7, 1982 |
| place of birth | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| size | 1.82 m |
| position | passing |
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2002–2005 2005–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2011–2012 since 2012 |
Wervik Wevelgem Bonduelle VVC Vught VC Weert Marcq-en-Barœul USSPA Albi USC Münster Martinus Amstelveen Perugia Asystel Novara VT Aurubis Hamburg Impel Gwardia Wrocław |
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327 times |
Junior national team A national team |
| successes | |
| 1999 1999 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 |
Dutch champion Dutch cup winner German vice champion DVV cup finalist German champion DVV cup winner German champion DVV cup winner Dutch champion Dutch cup winner Dutch champion Dutch cup winner Grand Prix winner Dutch champion Dutch cup winner Vice European champion |
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As of April 27, 2012 |
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Kim Staelens (born January 7, 1982 in Kortrijk , Belgium ) is a Dutch volleyball player .
Career
Kim Staelens is the daughter of coach Jean-Pierre Staelens . Her sister Chaïne is also a professional volleyball player. Kim Staelens started her career in the Belgian league and played in Wervik and Wevelgem . She later followed her sister to the Netherlands. Since her mother is Dutch, she accepted citizenship . In the neighboring country she first played for Bonduelle VVC Vught . In 1999 she won the Dutch championship and the cup with VC Weert . The setter then went to France, where she was not happy either in Marcq-en-Barœul or at USSPA Albi . Her time at the German Bundesliga club USC Münster , to which she switched in 2002, was more successful . After two second places, Staelens won the championship and DVV cup double with Münster in 2004 and 2005 . However, she has not been on the field for the past two years because she tore a cruciate ligament on December 29, 2003 . After the rehab, the national player went to Martinus Amstelveen with many other members of the Dutch selection . She later moved to Italy, where she also played in the Champions League with Perugia and Asystel Novara . She gave birth to a daughter in September and was on hiatus because of the family. In 2011/12 she played again in the Bundesliga at VT Aurubis Hamburg , where she was trained by her father. In 2012 Kim Staelens moved to Impel Gwardia Wrocław in Poland .
Staelens took part in the European Junior Championships in Poland in 1999 and was named the best setter of the tournament. In 2003 she made her debut in the Dutch senior team and was the second best player in her position at the European Championships in Turkey . Five more European Championship participations and three World Championships followed. Staelens won the 2007 Grand Prix with the Netherlands . At the EM 2009 she was in the final.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Sabine Lepel: "I just have to be careful that I am not too strict with her". HAN online, October 14, 2011, archived from the original on November 29, 2011 ; Retrieved January 16, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d Sister Act from Holland. (PDF; 4.2 MB) Volleyball Magazine, January 2004, accessed on January 16, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g biography on their own website
- ↑ VT Aurubis signs national player Kim Staelens. Hamburger Abendblatt , March 25, 2011, accessed on January 16, 2012 .
- ↑ FIVB Kim Staelens
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Staelens, Kim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kortrijk , Belgium |