Tess Lieder (''née'' Wester, born 19 May 1993) is a Dutch

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er who plays as goalkeeper for the Dutch national team. A full international with the Dutch national team since 2012, she won the silver medal in the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship with the Dutch team and became the goalkeeper with the highest percentage of saves in the tournament. Wester also reached fourth place with the Dutch team in the

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Career

Wester started her career in 1999 at Hugo Girls, at the age of 5–6. In her youth career she also played for VZV and HandbalAcademie. She played in the

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with VOC Amsterdam in the 2008–09 season. Wester played in E&O Emmen since 2010 until 2011. In 2011, she was signed for German club

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, playing in the club until 2015 winning the German Cup in 2012. Wester was signed for

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club

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. She won Bundesliga title with them and played in Champions League. In 2018 she decided to take a step forward in her career and signed a contract with the ambitious Danish team,

Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. It was created in August 2009 and took over ...

. After her contract with Odense expired in 2021, she signed for Romanian club CSM București. She explained her decision was influenced by the fact that ''"CSM is a top team where expectations are high. That suits me well."'' as well as ''"This club not only wants to win the Champions League, but also has the experience to do so. ... I want to feel that trigger."'' On the 21st of April 2022 it was announced that she informed her club, CSM about leaving at the end of the season with the intention of moving closer to her homeland. At the beginning of May 2022 she announced her pregnancy via Instagram.

International career

Wester played for the first time with the Dutch team in a friendly match against

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on 2 October 2012. She played in the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship with the Dutch team, achieving the final of the tournament, but losing against Norway 23–31. She was called up for represent Netherlands handball team in the

, achieving the fourth place after losing in the semi-finals against France 23–24, and in the bronze medal match against Norway 26–36.

Honours

;Club competitions *Romanian Cup: **''Winner'': 2022 *Romanian Supercup: **''Finalist: 2021 *

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: **''Winner'':

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: **''Winner'': 2017 *German Cup: **''Winner'': 2012 ;National team * Youth World Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'':

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* Junior European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'':

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: **''Gold Medalist'':

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**''Silver Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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* European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* All-Star team Best Goalkeeper of the

Personal life

She is married to Dutch footballer Mart Lieder. In May 2022 it was announced that she is expecting her first child. She gave birth to a girl, Flo on 18 November 2022.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wester, Tess 1993 births Living people People from Heerhugowaard Dutch female handball players Expatriate handball players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Netherlands Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Sportspeople from North Holland 21st-century Dutch women