Laura Chantal Dijkema (born 18 February 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as a setter. She is a member of the Women's National Team.

Laura Dijkema
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34)
Beilen, Netherlands
HometownAmsterdam
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Spike297 cm (117 in)
Block279 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubMegabox Volley Vallefoglia
Number14
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2018–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
2023–
TFM/DOK
SCU Emlichheim
"Martinus", "TVM" Amstelveen
VfB Suhl
USC Münster
Halkbank Ankara
Dresdner SC
Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Il Bisonte Firenze
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
Leningradka Saint-Petersburg
Helvia Recina Volley Macerata
Megabox Volley Vallefoglia
National team
2010–Netherlands
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Netherlands
World Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bangkok
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Belgium / Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/Italy

Career

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Dijkema began playing volleyball in 1997 at the age of 7, at the club Smash in her hometown of Beilen. In 2006 as a 16-year-old she went to play at DOK from Dwingeloo, then in the highest league in the Netherlands. In 2010, Dijkema, then at Halkbank from Turkey, got her first chance at the Dutch national team at the Montreux Volley Masters.[1] From 2011 to 2016 Dijkema played for several clubs in Germany. For the season 2016-17 she has signed a contract with Novara from Italy.[2]

Awards

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Clubs

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National championships

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  • 2008/2009   Dutch Cup, with Martinus Amstelveen
  • 2008/2009   Dutch Championship, with Martinus Amstelveen
  • 2009/2010   Dutch SuperCup 2009, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2009/2010   Dutch Cup, with Martinus Amstelveen
  • 2009/2010   Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2010/2011   Dutch SuperCup 2010, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2010/2011   Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2014/2015   German Championship, with Dresdner SC
  • 2015/2016   German Cup, with Dresdner SC
  • 2015/2016   German Championship, with Dresdner SC
  • 2016/2017   Italian Championship, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
  • 2020/2021   Russian Championship (with Lokomotiv Kaliningrad [ru])
 
Dijkema at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

National team

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Senior team

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Individuals

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References

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  1. ^ Laura Dijkema
  2. ^ "Volley: A1 Femminile, Laura Dijkema è la nuova regista di Novara".
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Awards
Preceded by Best Setter of
European Championship

2017
Succeeded by