Kelly Dulfer (born 21 March 1994) is a Dutch

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player for

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and the Dutch national team. She normally plays left back, but is known to be a very versatile player. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the

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; the first title in the country's history.2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster
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Career

Dulfer started playing handball at HV Ventura. In 2012 she joined HV Quintus and a year later she joined HV DOS. In the 2014-15 season she played for SERCODAK Dalfsen, where she won the Dutch League and Dutch cup. The season after she joined German

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team

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. In two seasons at the club she played 51 Bundesliga games, scoring 182 gaols. In 2017 she joined Danish side

København Håndbold København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by K ...

. In 2018 she won the Danish Championship; the first title in the history of the club. In the summer of 2019 she returned to Germany to join

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. Here she won the 2021 German championship. In summer 2021 she joined league rivals

SG BBM Bietigheim HB Ludwigsburg is a German professional handball club from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, and internationally in the Women's EHF Champions League, EHF Champions League. The men's te ...

. Here she won the 2021, 2022 and 2023 DHB Supercup, the 2022, 2023 and 2024 German championship, the 2022 European League and the 2023

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship. DHB-Pokal ...

. In 2024 she joined Hungarian side

National team

Dulfer debuted for the Dutch national team on October 23rd 2013 against Italy, while still playing in the Netherlands. She competed for the national team in the 2013

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in Norway. She represented the Netherlands at the

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, and scored one goal in the game, which was won 44–21 by the "Oranje" team. In 2012, she played at the

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in Montenegro, where the Dutch team placed tenth. At the 2015 World Championship and 2016 European Championship she won silver medals with the Dutch team on both occations. At the

2016 Olympics 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 ...

she was also in the Dutch team. At the 2018 European championship she won bronze medals with the Dutch team and was selected for the tournament all-star team as best defender. During the tournament she played mainly as a pivot instead her normal back position. Her greatest achievement came at the 2019 World Championship in Japan, where she and the Netherlands won gold medals, beating Spain in the final 30:29 At the

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she was also part of the Dutch team. At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team, scoring 13 goals.

Private life

Dulfer is the daughter of the Dutch international

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and Ingrid Keijzer.

Achievements

National team

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

: **''Silver Medalist'':

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

**''Bronze Medalist'':

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

**''Gold Medalist'':

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

: **''Silver Medalist'':

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

**''Bronze Medalist'':

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Domestic competitions

* Danish Championship: **''Winner'':

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: **''Runner-up'':

*DHB Supercup: **''Winner'': 2021, 2022, 2023 *

: **''Winner'': 2022, 2023 *

: **''Winner'': 2021, 2022, 2023 *

Dutch Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

**''Winner'': 2015 * NHV Cup **''Winner'': 2015 *Dutch Supercup **''Winner'': 2015 *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: **''Winner'': 2025

International competitions

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Winner'':

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

**''silver medalist'':

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

: **''Winner'':

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Individual awards

* All-Star Best Defender of the

* HTH Ligaen's Player of the Month: November 2018 and February 2019

References

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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

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