Laura van der Heijden (handballer)

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{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Laura van der Heijden

| image = Laura OS 2020 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Van der Heijden at the 2020 Summer Olympics

| nationality = Dutch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amersfoort, Netherlands

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Chambray Touraine Handball

| clubnumber = 11

| years1 =

| clubs1 = LHV Leusden

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Venus Nieuwegein

| years3 = {{0|0000}}–2010

| clubs3 = VOC Amsterdam

| years4 = 2010–2014

| clubs4 = VfL Oldenburg

| years5 = 2014–2017

| clubs5 = Team Esbjerg

| years6 = 2017–2018

| clubs6 = Ferencvárosi TC

| years7 = 2018–2020

| clubs7 = SG BBM Bietigheim

| years8 = 2020

| clubs8 = Siófok KC

| years9 = 2020–2022

| clubs9 = Borussia Dortmund

| years10 = 2022–2024

| clubs10 = Chambray Touraine Handball

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2024

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 297

| nationalgoals1 = 875

| ntupdate =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Laura van der Heijden (born 27 June 1990) is a Dutch handball player for Chambray Touraine Handball in France and formerly the Dutch national team.[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/FnS57QdNbwyrp7Cx9bA6EA/laura-van-der-heijden/ EHF profile]

She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handbal.nl/blog/2019/11/04/mayonnade-maakt-definitieve-wk-selectie-bekend/|title=Mayonnade maakt definitieve WK-selectie bekend|date=4 November 2019|website=handbal.nl|language=nl|access-date=5 November 2019}}[https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/459525eb-a3b4-457d-94b9-ed7d6afd3491/pdf/NED.PDF 2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster]

Career

=Club=

Laura van der Heijden started playing handball at the age of six, first at LHV Leusden in The Netherlands. She later played for Venus Nieuwegein and VOC Amsterdam, with whom she won the 2010 Dutch Championship and 2010 Dutch Cup.

From 2006 to 2010 she also played for the Dutch HandbalAcademie.

In season 2010/11, the 1.73 meter tall Right Back (left-handed) player played in the German Bundesliga for VfL Oldenburg, with whom she won the DHB Cup in 2012. Van der Heijden reached the semifinals of the EHF Cup 2010/11 with Oldenburg.

From the summer of 2014 she played for the Danish top league side Team Esbjerg. In 2015 she was runner-up and in 2016 she won the Danish Championship and the Supercup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ugeavisen-esbjerg.dk/esbjerg/Hollandsk-stjernespiller-til-Team-Esbjerg/artikel/65468 |publisher=Ugeavisen Esbjerg |title=Hollandsk stjernespiller til Team Esbjerg|access-date=27 April 2019|language=da}}

In the 2017/18 season, van der Heijden was under contract with the Hungarian club FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria, with whom she became Hungarian runner-up.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-3-29891.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=Weitere Vizeweltmeisterin für FTC Budapest|access-date=7 March 2017|language=de}}

She then moved to the German Bundesliga club SG BBM Bietigheim.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-33484.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Bietigheim holt Linkshänderin aus Budapest in die Bundesliga zurück|access-date=7 March 2018}} With Bietigheim she won the German championship in 2019. In the summer of 2020 she signed for the Hungarian first division club Siófok KC, but already at the end of October the same year, her contract was terminated by mutual agreement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-39746.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Laura van der Heijden und Dinah Eckerle verlassen Handball Bundesliga Frauen|access-date=18 May 2020|language=de}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-51-40990.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Siofok KC mit weiteren prominenten Abgängen|access-date=30 October 2020|language=de}} Shortly thereafter she joined the German Bundesligaclub Borussia Dortmund.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-41067.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Borussia Dortmund verpflichtet Laura van der Heijden mit sofortiger Wirkung|access-date=10 November 2020|language=de}} With Dortmund she won the German championship in 2021 and in 2022 she became runner-up.

From the 2022/23 season she is under contract with the French first division club Chambray Touraine Handball.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-1-44849.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Weltmeisterin Laura van der Heijden verlässt Borussia Dortmund|access-date=1 March 2022|language=de}}

=International Career=

Van der Heijden has played 263 international matches for the Dutch national team, scoring 810 goals.

She debuted for the Dutch senior team on October 16th 2007. She competed in the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 World Championships.[https://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/121/PDF/NED.pdf ihf.info: XX Women's World Championship 2011 Team Roster Netherlands] retrieved 17 January 2014.[https://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/NED.pdf ihf.info: XXI Women's World Championship 2013 Team Roster Netherlands] retrieved 17 January 2014.

With the Netherlands she took also part in the European Championships 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.

She took part with the Dutch selection at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (2016) and in Tokyo 2020 (2021).{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/d163d492-68ad-402e-b701-50c0c75a6136/pdf/01FTR.PDF?n=1627186723 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info|title=Match Team Statistics: Netherlands vs. Japan|access-date=25 July 2021}}

Van der Heijden won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 European Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships.{{cite web|url=http://hb-fr.handball-world.com/2016/o.red.r/news-1-2-20-36135.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=Spannende Schlussphase im Bronzematch, Niederlande wahrt frühen Vorsprung|access-date=21 November 2020|language=de}} She previously won the bronze medal at the European U-17 Championship (2007). At the 2010 U-20 World Cup in South Korea, van der Heijden finished fifth with her team and finished second in Topscoring list.

At the 2019 World Championship in Japan she won gold medals with the Dutch team, beating Spain in the final 30:29{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2019-12-15-holland-er-verdensmester-for-foerste-gang|title=Holland er verdensmester for første gang|publisher=TV2 Danmark|date=15 December 2019|access-date=1 November 2021|language=da|trans-title=Netherlands are world champions for the first time ever}}

References

External links

{{International Handball Federation|18517}}
{{European Handball Federation}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/laura-van-der-heijden_1970265 Laura van der Heijden] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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Category:1990 births