Elles Leferink

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Born

November 14, 1976

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Women’s Volleyball
Competitor for the Netherlands
European Championships
Gold	1995 Arnhem	Team Competition

Elles Maria Leferink (born November 14, 1976 in Weerselo, Overijssel) is a female volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in fifth place.

Leferink was a leading youngster in the Netherlands women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship by defeating Croatia (3-0) in the final.

Among other awards she was elected "best player of Europe" aged 19 in 1995 and "best server" at the World Championship 1998 and the European Championship in 2003.

She retired in 2007 becoming a mother.

Individual awards

1995 CEV "European Volleyball Player of the Year"
1998 World Championship "Best Server"
2003 European Championship "Best Server"

References

(Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee

Netherlands – 1995 European Championship (1st Title)

Cintha Boersma Erna Brinkman Marjolein de Jong Jolanda Elshof Riëtte Fledderus Jerine Fleurke Petra Groenland Marrit Leenstra Elles Leferink Irena Machovcak Ingrid Visser Henriëtte Weersing Coach: Bert Goedkoop

Netherlands – 1996 Summer Olympics (Fifth Place)

1 Jerine Fleurke 3 Saskia van Hintum 4 Erna Brinkman 5 Cintha Boersma (c) 7 Irena Machovcak 9 Marjolein de Jong 10 Henriëtte Weersing 11 Marrit Leenstra 12 Elles Leferink 13 Claudia van Thiel 14 Riëtte Fledderus 15 Ingrid Visser Coach: Bert Goedkoop

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