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Estavana Polman
Dutch handball player (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Estavana Polman (born 5 August 1992) is a Dutch handball player for CS Rapid București and the Dutch national team.[1][2][3][4]
She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history.[5][6]
She represented the Netherlands in younger age categories as well and collected the silver medal at the 2011 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship. In addition, she was voted into the all-star team of the tournament in playmaker position.[7]
She was surprisingly not included in the Dutch team for the 2024 European Championship. She did however return to the Dutch team in March 2025.[8]
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Personal life
Since August 2016, she has been in a relationship with Dutch footballer Rafael van der Vaart.[9] On 27 December 2016, they announced that they are expecting a child.[10] On 24 June 2017, she gave birth to a 3 kg baby girl, Jesslynn.[11]
Honours
Awards and recognition
- All-Star Playmaker of the Women's 19 European Championship: 2011
- Danish League Top Scorer: 2013, 2014, 2019[12]
- All-Star Left Back of the Danish League: 2019
- MVP of the World Championship: 2019
- All Star Best player of the Danish 1st Division: 2011/12[13]
- All-Star Centre Back of the World Championship: 2019
References
External links
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