Tess Lieder (''née'' Wester, born 19 May 1993) is a Dutch handballer who plays as goalkeeper for the

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. A full international with the Dutch national team since 2012, she won the silver medal in the

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with the Dutch team and became the goalkeeper with the highest percentage of saves in the tournament. Wester also reached fourth place with the Dutch team in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

Wester started her career in 1999 at Hugo Girls, at the age of 5–6. In her youth career she also played for VZV and HandbalAcademie. She played in the

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with VOC Amsterdam in the 2008–09 season. Wester played in E&O Emmen since 2010 until 2011. In 2011, she was signed for German club

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, playing in the club until 2015 winning the German Cup in 2012. Wester was signed for

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club SG BBM Bietigheim. She won Bundesliga title with them and played in Champions League. In 2018 she decided to take a step forward in her career and signed a contract with the ambitious Danish team, Odense Håndbold. After her contract with Odense expired in 2021, she signed for Romanian club

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. She explained her decision was influenced by the fact that ''"CSM is a top team where expectations are high. That suits me well."'' as well as ''"This club not only wants to win the Champions League, but also has the experience to do so. ... I want to feel that trigger."'' On the 21st of April 2022 it was announced that she informed her club, CSM about leaving at the end of the season with the intention of moving closer to her homeland. At the beginning of May 2022 she announced her pregnancy via Instagram.

International career

Wester played for the first time with the Dutch team in a friendly match against

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on 2 October 2012. She played in the

with the Dutch team, achieving the final of the tournament, but losing against Norway 23–31. She was called up for represent Netherlands handball team in the 2016 Summer Olympics, achieving the fourth place after losing in the semi-finals against France 23–24, and in the bronze medal match against Norway 26–36.

Honours

;Club competitions *Romanian Cup: **''Winner'': 2022 *Romanian Supercup: **''Finalist: 2021 * Damehåndboldligaen: **''Winner'':

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: **''Winner'': 2017 *German Cup: **''Winner'': 2012 ;National team * Youth World Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'':

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: **''Silver Medalist'': 2011 *

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: **''Gold Medalist'':

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**''Silver Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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* European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'': 2016 **''Bronze Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* All-Star team Best Goalkeeper of the

Personal life

She is married to Dutch footballer

Mart Lieder Mart Lieder (born 1 May 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for club FC Eindhoven. He formerly played for Vitesse, RKC Waalwijk, FC Dordrecht, FC Aarau and Emmen. Career On 6 January 2020, it was confirmed that Li ...

. In May 2022 it was announced that she is expecting her first child. She gave birth to a girl, Flo on 18 November 2022.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wester, Tess 1993 births Living people People from Heerhugowaard Dutch female handball players Expatriate handball players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Netherlands Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Sportspeople from North Holland 21st-century Dutch women