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Nycke Groot

Nycke Groot

Dutch handball player

Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player.[1]

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She represented the Netherlands in three World Women's Handball Championship (winning a silver in Denmark 2015,[2][3] and a bronze in Germany 2017[4]) and two editions of the Olympic Games.

In January 2019, 14 years after debuting on the Dutch national team, she announced she would be retiring from the national team to focus on her club career.[5]

In 2021, Groot announced she would participate with the Netherlands at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She also announced the end of her club career.[6]

Achievements

National team

European competitions

Domestic competitions

Individual awards

References

  1. [1]
    EHF profile
  2. [2]
    "Selectie Nationaal Team Dames" (in Dutch). Nederlands Handbal Verbond. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. [3]
    "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    "The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Handbalster Nycke Groot beëindigt interlandcarrière" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. 10 January 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Nycke Groot indstiller karrieren efter denne sæson". odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Eduarda Amorim is NEXE World Handball Female Player of the Decade!". 21 January 2021.


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