Estavana Polman (born 5 August 1992) is a Dutch

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player for

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and the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands in younger age categories as well and collected the silver medal at the

2011 Women's 19 European Handball Championship The 2011 Women's U-19's European Handball Championship is the eighth edition of the continental handball event for this age group, and the fourth under its new name, that is being held between 4 and 14 August in the Netherlands. Norway entered t ...

. In addition, she was voted into the all-star team of the tournament in playmaker position.

Personal life

As of August 2016, she is in a relationship with Dutch footballer

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. On 27 December 2016, they announced that they are expecting a child. On 24 June 2017, she gave birth to a 3 kg baby girl, Jesslynn.

Honours

* Danish Championship: **:

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Awards and recognition

*All-Star Playmaker of the Women's 19 European Championship: 2011 * Danish League Top Scorer: 2013, 2014, 2019 *All-Star Left Back of the Danish League: 2019 *MVP of the

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* All Star Best player of the

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: 2011/12 *All-Star Centre Back of the

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Arnhem Dutch female handball players Expatriate handball players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch women Association footballers' wives and girlfriends {{Netherlands-handball-bio-stub