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Joost Kooistra
Joost Kooistra (born in Appelscha) is a former Dutch male volleyball player. He was part of the Netherlands men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing 5th. He played with Monini Marconi Spoleto in 2006. See also * Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics References External links profile at ''sports-reference.com'' 1976 births Living people Dutch men's volleyball players Sportspeople from Friesland People from Ooststellingwerf Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appelscha
Appelscha (; Stellingwarfs: ''Appelsche'') is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. It has just under 4,800 inhabitants. History and background Appelscha is a village of about 490 hectares in size of which 8 hectares consists of water, it was first named in written documents in 1247 as Appels, which is a Dutch word meaning apples. The last part of the name Appelscha has its origin due to the woods around the village. ‘Sche’ or ‘scha’ means woods and was therefore added to the name of the village. It consisted from a few farms surrounding the Boerestreek (what was called high-Appelscha) for centuries, the hamlets Aakinga, Terwisscha and De Built close by. Appelscha remained a small village, tucked away between sand dunes and wet peat. In 2007, Oude Willem, a small natural area in between Appelscha and Zorgvlied was even chosen as "most beautiful place in the Netherlands" by readers of HP/De Tijd which is a magazine i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |