Yara ten Holte
Dutch handball player (born 1999)
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Yara ten Holte (born 23 November 1999) is a Dutch handball player for the Danish club Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team.[1][2]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
| Yara ten Holte | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Yara ten Holte | ||
| Born |
23 November 1999 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Odense Håndbold | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | SV Dalfsen Handbal | ||
2018–2023 | Borussia Dortmund Handball | ||
2020–2021 | → TuS Lintfort (loan) | ||
2023– | Odense Håndbold | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Netherlands | 90 | (4) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 December 2025 | |||
Career
Yara ten Holte played from 2014 for SV Dalfsen. Here she won the Dutch championship twice, the Dutch cup three times, and the Dutch Super Cup twice.[3] In the 2016-17 and 2017-18 season she was named as the goalkeeper of the year in the Dutch league.[4]
She then joined German side Borussia Dortmund Handball.[5] In the 2020-21 she played for both Dortmund and the 2nd Bundesliga team TuS Lintfort.[6][7] In that season she won the German championship with Dortmund.
In December 2022, she signed a four-year contract with Odense Håndbold.[8] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.[9] Later the same year she reached the final of the EHF Champions League where Odense lost the final to Hungarian Győri ETO KC 30-27.[10] 11 days later she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.[11]
National team
ten Holte played for both the U17 and U20 Dutch national teams.[5] On 1 October 2020 she made her debut for the Dutch national team in a friendly against Germany.[12][13] She represented Netherlands at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[14]
At the 2023 World Championship she scored 3 goals and had a save percentage of 38%, when the Netherlands finished 5th.[15]
Gallery
- Yara ten Holte stopping Elma Halilcevic's shot in 2023
