Lisanne Bakker

Lisanne Bakker

Lisanne Bakker during the semifinals at the Youth Olympic Games
Player information
birthday	17th September 2000 (age 19)
place of birth	Alkmaar , the Netherlands
citizenship	Dutch
height	170 cm
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	Right
Club information
society	JuRo Unirek / VZV
Jersey number	12
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000–2012	HVS
2012–	JuRo Unirek / VZV
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-	JuRo Unirek / VZV
National team
Debut on	2019
	Games (goals)
Netherlands beach handball
Status: July 22, 2020

Lisanne Bakker (born September 17, 2000 in Alkmaar ) is a Dutch handball player on the position of handball goalkeeper . She also plays in this position as a beach handball player and is a Dutch national player .

Indoor handball

Lisanne Bakker lives in Schagerbrug . She has been studying at the Johan Cruyff Academy in Amsterdam since 2018 . She played for HVS until 2012 and since then for the Dutch first division team JuRo Unirek / VZV , initially with the juniors, now in the first women's team. In 2018/19 she finished third with her team, and in 2019/20 she was third with JuRo Unirek after the preliminary round when the championship season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Beach handball

Junior indoor area

Bakker achieved her greater successes in beach handball, where she took part in the Junior European Championships (U 16) for the first time in Nazaré in 2016 . In the first win against Russia Bakker was not yet used, in the two subsequent wins in the preliminary round against Spain and Bulgaria she was actively involved, against Bulgaria she also contributed two points to the victory. As the first in the group, the Dutch moved into the quarter-finals against Italy, which they clearly beat in two sets. The hard-fought semi-final against Norway won the Netherlands in the shootout, Bakker contributed four points. In the final, the Dutch also met Spain, which they defeated in two sets and, especially in the first half, dominated with 17: 6 points. Bakker also scored two points in the final.

In 2017 , Bakker at Lake Jarun near Zagreb was also part of the Dutch squad at the European Junior Championships (U17). In the preliminary round, the Ukraine, Romania, Poland and Germany achieved clear two-set victories, the Dutch only won in the shootout in the last game against co-favorites Hungary. Against Poland she scored eight points, which is unusually high for a goalkeeper, making her the third-best thrower behind Anna Buter and Lynn Klesser with 10 points each. The Dutch women entered the knockout games as the undefeated first in the group. The quarter-final against Lithuania was also clearly won. In the semifinals, Germany was defeated in a shootout. The final against the selection of Portugal was won in two hard-fought rounds and the Dutch women won the title again.

The following month Bakker was part of the Dutch selection, which took part in the U-17 World Championships held for the first time in Flic-en-Flac on Mauritius . After a clear victory over Taiwan in their preliminary group, they were the first in the group to qualify for the main round, as the other two group opponents from Brazil and Togo had withdrawn their teams. In the main round group, Croatia, Argentina and Hungary were defeated three world-class youth teams, although Argentina and Hungary only in the shootout. The Dutch women went into the knockout games without losing points. After beating Thailand in the quarter-finals, Argentina was defeated in the semi-finals. It was not until the final that Bakker and her team suffered the first defeat of the tournament, they were defeated by Hungary in the shootout.

At the U-18 European Junior Championships 2018 in Ulcinj , Montenegro , her teammate Iris Hoekenga replaced Bakker, who had always formed the goalkeeper duo with Lieke van der Linden .

Bakker in a vain attempt to fend off a penalty by Nika Vojnović in the semi-final of the Youth Olympic Games

Bakker awaits Sára Léránt's throw in the bronze medal match at the Youth Olympic Games

The highlight and conclusion of the junior women's time was participation in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires , where beach handball was played for the first time as part of the Olympic Games and Bakker again formed the goalkeeping duo with van der Linden. Bakker also scored four points in their first win against Paraguay, including the Dutch women’s first goal in the tournament and the game and the last goal of the game. It also blocked 40% of the enemy shots. Their quota was even better with 76% held throws in the second game against Hong Kong, an outstanding value. In the win against Turkey, as in the shootout against Venezuela, she acted rather inconspicuously. In the final victory over the strong hosts, she again held a third of the opposing goal attempts. In the first game in the main round, a 2-1 win in the shootout over Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Bakker acted very aggressively and scored eight points - including the victory decisive goal in the shootout - and was the goalkeeper after Klesser and Buter third-best thrower your team. In addition, with nine of 27 opposing goal throws, she held up to a third of all opposing attempts. When she won the shootout over Croatia, she again held a third of the opponent's throws and scored twice for four points, including the winning goal in the shootout. In the defeat in the shootout against the Hungarians, she still held eleven of 25 opposing attempts and thus the top value of 44%. Despite the defeat, the Netherlands reached the semi-finals as first in the group. After a convincing tournament up to then, however, they were clearly defeated by the Croatian team in two sets. Bakker could only hold three of 16 opposing attempts. The Dutch women also lost the game for the bronze medal against the representation of Hungary, the permanent rivals of recent years. With only one sustained throw of 17 attempts, Bakker showed her weakest tournament performance. With 24 points she was more successful than her teammates Zoë van Giersbergen and Marit Crajé, who played in the field .

Women

Bakker expects a Hungarian attack in the semi-finals of the 2019 European Championships

Bakker has to accept a goal from Martina Ćorković in the game for the bronze medal at the 2019 European Championships

The following year, Bakker was part of the Dutch women's national beach handball team for the Euro 2019 beach handball in Stare Jabłonki . Like her teammates Marit van Ede , Amber van der Meij and Anna Buter, she made the direct jump from the junior to the senior national team. Lynn Klesser was only removed from the squad just before the tournament. In the preliminary round, the Dutch first defeated Romania and Turkey, against Turkey with the Olympic starter Dilek Yılmaz they scored their first two points in the tournament. Against Croatia, which also played with two players from the Youth Olympic Games - Anja Vida Lukšić and Petra Lovrenčević - was lost in the shootout. In the following victory in the shooutout over Norway, Bakker not only scored four points, but was also given a time penalty for the first time during a tournament. Behind Norway, the "Oranjes" moved into the main round as the runner-up in their preliminary group. In the first game in the main round, a clear victory over Poland, Bakker was next to Daniëlle Rozing and Manon Zijlmans the team's best thrower with six points. Bakker contributed four points for the victory against long-standing competitors from Hungary - they too started with five players in the Youth Olympic Games, Rebeka Benzsay , Csenge Braun , Gréta Hadfi , Réka Király and Gabriella Landi . After the final victory over Portugal, the Dutch women moved into the quarter-finals as runner-up in the main round behind Croatia, where they met reigning world champions Greece, who were defeated in the shootout. In the semifinals there was another duel with Hungary, which was lost in two sets. In the final game for the bronze medal, Croatia was beaten this time and almost outclassed, especially in the first round.

successes

The Dutch team with the bronze medal at the 2019 European Championships

European championships in beach handball

• 2019: bronze medal

Junior world championships in beach handball

• 2017: Vice World Champion

Youth Olympic Games

• 2018: fourth place

Junior European championships in beach handball

• 2016: European Champion (U 16)
• 2017: European Champion (U 17)

Web links

Commons : Lisanne Bakker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lisanne Bakker in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Single receipts

1. ↑ Selectie Dames 1. In: VZV Handbal. Retrieved July 21, 2020 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2016 Women's ECh Beach Handball 16 / Match Details. Retrieved July 21, 2020 (English). 
3. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2016 Women's ECh Beach Handball 16 / Match Details. Retrieved July 21, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2016 Women's ECh Beach Handball 16 / Match Details. Retrieved July 21, 2020 (English). 
5. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2016 Women's ECh Beach Handball 16 / Match Details. Retrieved July 21, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2017 Women's Ech Beach Handball 17 / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
7. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2017 Women's Ech Beach Handball 17 / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
8. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2017 Women's Ech Beach Handball 17 / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
9. ↑ handball-world: Beach EM: Netherlands and Spain secure titles in the U17. Retrieved July 7, 2020 . 
10. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2017 Women's Ech Beach Handball 17 / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Advance Communications: Nederlands Beach handball team U18 gaat voor Olympisch goud! | Handball start point - Dé handbalwebsite van Nederland. Retrieved September 30, 2019 (Dutch). 
12. ↑ 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Official Result Book Beach handball
13. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2019 Women's ECh Beach Handball / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
14. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2019 Women's ECh Beach Handball / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
15. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2019 Women's ECh Beach Handball / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 . 
16. ↑ European Handball Federation - 2019 Women's ECh Beach Handball / Match Details. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .