Nycke Groot
Dutch handball player
| Nycke Groot | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Cornelia Nycke Groot | ||
| Born | (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) Alkmaar, Netherlands | ||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2001–2003 | Kolping | ||
2003–2008 | West-Friesland SEW | ||
2008–2011 | Team Tvis Holstebro | ||
2011–2015 | FC Midtjylland | ||
2015–2019 | Győri ETO KC | ||
2019–2021 | Odense Håndbold | ||
2022 | Odense Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2021 | Netherlands | 150 | (439) |
Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player.[1]
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
- EHF Champions League
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Finalist: 2016
- Semifinalist: 2014
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2011
- Semifinalist: 2013
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2015
Domestic competitions
- Danish Championship:
- Winner: 2013, 2015, 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2014
- Bronze Medalist: 2012
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
- Finalist: 2010, 2013
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Gold Medalist: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Magyar Kupa
- Gold Medalist: 2016, 2018, 2019
Individual awards
- All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2016, 2017
- MVP of the EHF Champions League Final four: 2017
- All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the European Championship: 2016
- MVP of the European Women's Handball Championship: 2016
- MVP (Danish: pokalfighter) of the Danish Handball Cup: 2010, 2012, 2014
- MVP of the Hungarian Cup Final Four: 2019
- Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2016, 2018
- World Handball Female Playmaker of the Decade[7]
References
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Selectie Nationaal Team Dames" (in Dutch). Nederlands Handbal Verbond. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Handbalster Nycke Groot beëindigt interlandcarrière" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Nycke Groot indstiller karrieren efter denne sæson". odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Eduarda Amorim is NEXE World Handball Female Player of the Decade!". 21 January 2021.
External links
- Nycke Groot at the European Handball Federation
- Nycke Groot at Olympics.com
- Nycke Groot at Olympedia
- Nycke Groot at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
Netherlands squads | ||
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Netherlands squad – Women's handball – 2010 European Championship – 9th place | ||
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Netherlands squad – Women's handball – 2013 World Championship – 13th place | ||
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Netherlands squad – Women's handball – 2014 European Championship – 7th place | ||
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Netherlands squad – Women's handball – 2015 World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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Netherlands squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 4th place | ||
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Netherlands squad – Women's handball – 2016 European Championship – Silver medal | ||
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Netherlands squad – 2017 World Championship – Bronze medal | ||
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