Iefke van Belkum
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Iefke van Belkum (born 22 July 1986 in Leiden) is a water polo player of the Netherlands who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.[1]
Van Belkum was part of the team that became 10th at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. At the 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World League in Cosenza and the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade they finished in fifth place, followed by the 9th spot at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne. The Dutch team finished in fifth place at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Málaga and they qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] There they ended up winning the gold medal on 21 August, beating the United States 9-8 in the final.
She has played for the Greek clubs Ethnikos Piraeus, where she won the LEN Trophy in 2010, and Olympiacos, where she won the Greek Championship in 2011, scoring 5 goals in the final game of the best-of-five final series.[2]
See also[]
- Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References[]
- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Iefke van Belkum". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-02. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- ^ "Champion Olympiacos" (in Greek). sport24.gr.
External links[]
- Iefke van Belkum at Olympics.com
- Iefke van Belkum at Olympedia
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Leiden
- Dutch female water polo players
- Water polo centre forwards
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands in water polo
- Ethnikos WPC
- Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team players
- Dutch expatriates in Greece
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Dutch water polo biography stubs
- Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players