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Iefke van Belkum (born 22 July 1986 in
Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...
) is a
water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player of the
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who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions. Van Belkum was part of the team that became 10th at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in
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. At the
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in Cosenza and the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade they finished in fifth place, followed by the 9th spot at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in
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. The Dutch team finished in fifth place at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Málaga and they qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in
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. There they ended up winning the gold medal on 21 August, beating the
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9-8 in the
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. She has played for the
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clubs Ethnikos Piraeus, where she won the LEN Trophy in 2010, and
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 ...
, where she won the
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in 2011, scoring 5 goals in the final game of the best-of-five final series.


See also

* Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics *
List of Olympic champions in women's water polo This is a list of Olympic champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 2000. Abbreviations History Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. As of 2016, women's teams from Europe, Nort ...
*
List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals. There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Pet ...
*
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * (C) – Captain * (GK) – Goalkeeper * (LH) – Left-handed Multipl ...


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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Leiden Dutch female water polo players Water polo centre forwards Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands in water polo Ethnikos WPC Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players Expatriate water polo players