Heleen ("Hellen") Aafje Boering (born July 27, 1964 in
Enschede
Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...
,
Overijssel
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) is a retired
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
from the
Netherlands
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. She made her debut for the
Women's National Team in 1984, and was on the squad that won the silver medal at the first official World Championship in women's water polo in 1986 (
Madrid, Spain
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).
Boering competed for her native country at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
Sydney, Australia
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, finishing in fourth place. Her biggest success came in 1991, when the Dutch won the
1991 World Aquatics Championship, defeating Canada in the final.
See also
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List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of female goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team for the Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred ...
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List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
Abbreviations
History
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World ...
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References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Enschede
Dutch female water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Olympic water polo players of the Netherlands
Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
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