Yvette Broch

{{short description|Dutch handball player (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Yvette Broch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Monster, Netherlands

| nationality = Dutch

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = retired

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2006–2008

| clubs1 = Van der Voort/Quintus

| years2 = 2009–2010

| clubs2 = VOC Amsterdam

| years3 = 2010–2011

| clubs3 = BM Alcobendas

| years4 = 2011–2015

| clubs4 = Metz Handball

| years5 = 2015–2018

| clubs5 = Győri ETO KC

| years6 = 2020–2021

| clubs6 = Metz Handball

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = CSM București

| years8 = 2022–2024

| clubs8 = Győri ETO KC

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2024

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 118

| nationalgoals1 = 303

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Denmark|}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Germany|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Sweden|}}

}}

Yvette Broch (born 23 December 1990) is a retired Dutch professional handball player, who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/women/2017-18/player/528154/YvetteBroch EHF profile] She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.{{Cite web| title = Yvette Broch: van model naar handbalbabe van Oranje| work = Algemeen Dagblad| access-date = 2023-11-20| date = 2015-12-07| url = https://www.ad.nl/andere-sporten/yvette-broch-van-model-naar-handbalbabe-van-oranje~a6ea8d2e/| language = nl}}

She completed in the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/7cdd60f1-d892-4b69-8234-b2f4f06f5ffc/PDF/NED.PDF |title=XX Women's World Handball Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Netherlands |publisher=International Handball Federation |access-date=16 December 2011 }} She competed on the Dutch team at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary and Croatia,{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/NED-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|website=handball.sportresult.com|publisher=EHF|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012114/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/NED-R.pdf|url-status=dead}} and won a silver team medal at the 2015 World Championship finals. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's handball tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.handbal.nl/nieuws/16/oranje/selectie-nederlands-damesteam-voor-wk-in-denemarken/|title=Selectie Nederlands Damesteam voor WK in Denemarken|access-date=2 April 2016|website=handbal.nl|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403035540/http://www.handbal.nl/nieuws/16/oranje/selectie-nederlands-damesteam-voor-wk-in-denemarken/|archive-date=3 April 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/womensworldchampionships/womensworldchampionshipden2015/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=3091|title=Grimsbø Shines as Norway Claim the Title|access-date=2 April 2016|website=ihf.info}}

In August 2018 she decided to suspend her professional handball career, due to exhaustion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gyorietokc.hu/hu/hirek/hir/6074|title = Yvette Broch felfüggeszti kézilabda pályafutását | Győri Audi ETO KC}}{{cite web|url=http://timeoutmag.com/2018/08/03/shocking-news-yvette-broch-suspends-her-handball-career-with-immediate-effect/|title=Shocking news: Yvette Broch suspends her handball career with immediate effect|publisher=Timeout Magazine|date=3 August 2018|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823212456/http://timeoutmag.com/2018/08/03/shocking-news-yvette-broch-suspends-her-handball-career-with-immediate-effect/|url-status=dead}} In 2020, she returned to handball and trained with her former French handball club, Metz.{{cite web |last1=Szekeres |first1=Ibolya |title=Yvette Broch started to train again with Metz |url=http://timeoutmag.com/2020/11/21/yvette-broch-started-to-train-again-with-metz/ |website=Timeout Magazine |access-date=27 July 2021 |date=21 November 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727151050/http://timeoutmag.com/2020/11/21/yvette-broch-started-to-train-again-with-metz/ |url-status=dead }} After the season, she signed a 2-year-contact with the Romanian club, CSM Bucuresti. After one season she returned to her former Hungarian handball club, Győri Audi ETO KC. She signed a 2-year-contact.

Achievements

;National team

;European competitions

;Domestic competitions

Individual awards

References

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