Laura Dijkema

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FullnameLaura Chantal Dijkema
NationalityDutch
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 35)
Beilen, Netherlands
HometownAmsterdam
Laura Dijkema
Dijkema, 2016
Personal information
Full nameLaura Chantal Dijkema
NationalityDutch
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 35)
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 clubLOVB Omaha
Number14
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2018–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
2024–
TFM/DOK
SCU Emlichheim
"Martinus", "TVM" Amstelveen
VfB Suhl
USC Münster
Halkbank Ankara
Dresdner SC
Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Il Bisonte Firenze
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
Leningradka Saint-Petersburg
Helvia Recina Volley Macerata
Megabox Volley Vallefoglia
LOVB Omaha
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 Netherlands women's national team.

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]

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