Jolanda Kroesen (born May 2, 1979 in

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) is a Dutch

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player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Athlete biography: Jolanda Kroesen
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 16, 2008 Kroesen played for Flying Petrols and since 1997 for

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. She is an

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who bats and throws right-handed. She competes for the Dutch national team since 2001. In that year she was named

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at the European Championship. She is part of the Dutch team for the

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External links

Kroesen at dutchsoftballteam.com

References

1979 births Living people Dutch softball players Olympic softball players of the Netherlands Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Purmerend Sportspeople from North Holland {{Netherlands-softball-bio-stub