Wytze Kooistra (born 3 June 1982) is a Dutch

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, a member of

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and Dutch club Abiant Lycurgus Groningen.

Career

He began his career as a middle-blocker. In 2013, he played for his national team as a spiker, and now he is playing in this position at his club.

Clubs

His first professional club was Lycurgus. During the seasons 2002-2005, he played for Piet Zoomers. In 2005, he moved to

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. In 2011, he moved to Polish

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team, PGE Skra Bełchatów. For a long time he was a reserve player. With the club from

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, Kooistra won the Polish Cup of 2012, a silver medal in the Polish Championship in the season 2011/2012 and in the Polish SuperCup of 2013. He is a silver medalist of the

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, which was held in

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. In 2013 moved to another Polish

club - Cerrad Czarni Radom.''Wytze Kooistra w Cerrad Czarnych Radom''
- plusliga.pl - 08-09-2013

Sporting achievements

Clubs

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2011/2012 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów

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2007/2008, with

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FIVB Club World Championship

Qatar 2012 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów

National championships

* 2011/2012 Silver medal with cup

Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów * 2011/2012 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów * 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów * 2014/2015 Simple gold cup

Greek League Cup, with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

Individually

* 2005 Dutch Championship - Best Blocker

References

External links

FIVB profile

PlusLiga player profile
Living people 1982 births Sportspeople from Drenthe Dutch men's volleyball players Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Poland Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Skra Bełchatów players Czarni Radom players Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Greece Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy People from Midden-Drenthe Middle blockers Opposite hitters Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Turkey {{Netherlands-volleyball-bio-stub