Laura van der Heijden
Laura van der Heijden |
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Player information | |
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birthday | June 27, 1990 |
place of birth | Amersfoort , Netherlands |
citizenship | Dutch |
height | 1.73 m |
Playing position | Back right |
Throwing hand | Left |
Club information | |
society | Siófok KC |
Jersey number | 6th |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
1996-2005 | LHV Leusden |
2005-2009 | Venus Nieuwegein |
2009-2010 | VOC Amsterdam |
2010-2014 | VfL Oldenburg |
2014-2017 | Team Esbjerg |
2017-2018 | FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria |
2018-2020 | SG BBM Bietigheim |
2020– | Siófok KC |
National team | |
Debut on | October 16, 2007 |
against | Japan |
Games (goals) | |
Netherlands | 203 (626) |
As of August 25, 2020 |
Laura van der Heijden (born June 27, 1990 in Amersfoort ) is a Dutch handball player .
Career
Laura van der Heijden began playing handball at the age of six, initially at LHV Leusden. She later played for Venus Nieuwegein and VOC Amsterdam, with which she won the Dutch championship in 2010 and the Dutch Cup in 2010. From 2006 to 2010 she also played for the HandbalAcademie . From the 2010/11 season, the 1.73 meter tall back player played in the German Bundesliga at VfL Oldenburg , with which she won the DHB Cup in 2012 . Van der Heijden reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup 2010/11 with Oldenburg. From summer 2014 she played for the Danish first division team Esbjerg . In 2015 she became runner-up and in 2016 she won the Danish championship and the Supercup. In the 2017/18 season, van der Heijden was under contract with the Hungarian association FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria , with whom she became Hungarian runner-up. She then moved to the German Bundesliga club SG BBM Bietigheim . With Bietigheim she won the German championship in 2019. Since the 2020/21 season she has been playing for the Hungarian first division club Siófok KC .
For the Dutch national team , van der Heijden has so far played 203 international matches , in which they scored 626 goals. She participated in the World Championships in 2011 , 2013 , 2015 and 2017 in part. With the Netherlands she took part in the EM in 2010, 2014 and 2016. She also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . Van der Heijden won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 European Championships as well as the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships . She previously won the bronze medal at the U-17 European Championship (2007). At the U-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2010 , van der Heijden finished fifth and finished second in the top scorer list. At the 2019 World Cup , she won the World Cup title in the final against the Spanish selection.
Web links
- Portrait on the website of FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria
- Portrait on the website of the Dutch Handball Federation
- Laura van der Heijden in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Laura van der Heijden in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ japanhandball2019.com: オ ラ ン ダ , accessed November 30, 2019
- ↑ ugeavisen-esbjerg.dk: Hollandsk stjernespiller til Team Esbjerg , accessed on April 27, 2019.
- ↑ handball-world.com: Another vice world champion for FTC Budapest , accessed on March 7, 2017.
- ↑ handball-world.news: Bietigheim brings left-handers back from Budapest to the Bundesliga , accessed on March 7, 2018.
- ↑ handball-world.news: Laura van der Heijden and Dinah Eckerle leave Handball Bundesliga Women , accessed on May 18, 2020
- ↑ ihf.info: XX Women's World Championship 2011 Team Roster Netherlands (PDF; 23 kB), accessed on January 17, 2014.
- ↑ ihf.info: XXI Women's World Championship 2013 Team Roster Netherlands (PDF; 17 kB), accessed on January 17, 2014.
- ↑ second place U-20 WM 2010
- ↑ handball-world.news: Abbingh strong-nerved - Netherlands with last throw against Spain women's handball world champions , accessed on December 16, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Heijden, Laura van der |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch handball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amersfoort |