Lonneke Slöetjes (born 15 November 1990) is a Dutch

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player, who plays as an opposite spiker. She is a member of the Women's National Team. She plays as of 2015 for VakifBank Istanbul.

Career

Slöetjes started playing at VC Varsseveld. In 2015, she played with the national team at the

2015 European Games The 1st European Games (), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Europe ...

in Baku,

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. During the

2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, Slöetjes helped the Netherlands reach their first semifinal, finishing fourth and being chosen as Best Opposite Spiker of the tournament. She won the Best Opposite Spiker award in the

2016 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Brazil captured their ...

. Slöetjes won the

2016–17 CEV Champions League The 2016–17 CEV Champions League was the 58th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Qualification Pools composition League round *All times are local Poo ...

gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian

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3-0 and she was also awarded Best Opposite Spiker.

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

* 2015-16 CEV Champions League - Simple silver cup

Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank *

Champion, with VakıfBank *

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Champion, with VakıfBank * 2015–16 Turkish League - Simple gold cup

Champion, with VakıfBank * 2017–18 Turkish League - Simple gold cup

Champion, with VakıfBank * 2018–19 Turkish League - Simple gold cup

Champion, with VakıfBank * 2016 Club World Championship - Simple bronze cup

Bronze medal, with VakıfBank * 2017 Club World Championship - Simple gold cup

Champion, with VakıfBank * 2018 Club World Championship - Simple gold cup

Champion, with VakıfBank * 2017

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Champion, with VakıfBank

References

External links

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1990 births Living people Dutch women's volleyball players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Germany Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for the Netherlands People from Oude IJsselstreek Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Opposite hitters Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands Volleyball players from Gelderland 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-volleyball-bio-stub