Laura Dijkema
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990
Beilen, Netherlands
HometownAmsterdam
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Spike297 cm (117 in)
Block279 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubIl Bisonte Firenze
Number18
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2018–2020
2020–		TFM/DOK
SCU Emlichheim
"Martinus", "TVM" Amstelveen
VfB Suhl
USC Münster
Halkbank Ankara
Dresdner SC
Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Il Bisonte Firenze
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
National team
2010–Netherlands
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Netherlands
World Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2016 Bangkok
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2015 Belgium / Netherlands
Silver medal – second place2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia
Bronze medal – third place2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/Italy

Laura Chantal Dijkema (born 18 February 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as a setter. She is a member of the Women's National Team. She played for Leningradka Saint-Petersburg.

Career

Dijkema began playing volleyball in 1997 at the age of 7, at the club Smash in her hometown of Beilen. In 2006 as a 16-year-old she went to play at DOK from Dwingeloo, then in the highest league in the Netherlands. In 2010, Dijkema, then at Halkbank from Turkey, got her first chance at the Dutch national team at the Montreux Volley Masters.[1] From 2011 to 2016 Dijkema played for several clubs in Germany. For the season 2016-17 she has signed a contract with Novara from Italy.[2]

Awards

Clubs

National championships

  • 2008/2009 Dutch Cup, with Martinus Amstelveen
  • 2008/2009 Dutch Championship, with Martinus Amstelveen
  • 2009/2010 Dutch SuperCup 2009, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2009/2010 Dutch Cup, with Martinus Amstelveen
  • 2009/2010 Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2010/2011 Dutch SuperCup 2010, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2010/2011 Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen
  • 2014/2015 German Championship, with Dresdner SC
  • 2015/2016 German Cup, with Dresdner SC
  • 2015/2016 German Championship, with Dresdner SC
  • 2016/2017 Italian Championship, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
  • 2020/2021 Russian Championship (with Lokomotiv Kaliningrad)
Dijkema at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

National team

Senior team

Individuals

References

  1. ↑ Laura Dijkema
  2. ↑ "Volley: A1 Femminile, Laura Dijkema è la nuova regista di Novara".
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