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Ellen Venker (born 26 November 1983 in
Boskoop Boskoop () is a town in the province of South Holland. It was a separate municipality until it merged into Alphen aan den Rijn in 2014. The town had a population of 15,050 in 2012 and covers an area of of which is water. It's the world's bigges ...
) is a Dutch
softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...
player, who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.Athlete biography: Ellen Venker
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Venker played for Alphians, Schiedam, DSC '74, Euro Stars and since 2007, for
Central Michigan University Central Michigan University (CMU) is a Public university, public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1892 as a private normal school and became a state institution in 1895. CMU is one of the eigh ...
. She is a
catcher Catcher is a position in baseball and softball. When a batter takes their turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to this primary duty, the catc ...
who bats both left and right-handed and throws right-handed. She competes for the Dutch national team since 2002. In 2005, she stole the most bases in the Dutch Softball
Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...
. She is part of the Dutch team for the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
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Venker at dutchsoftballteam.com
1983 births Living people Central Michigan Chippewas softball players Dutch softball players Olympic softball players for the Netherlands People from Boskoop Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch sportswomen 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-softball-bio-stub