| Jolanda Kroesen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: (1979-05-02) 2 May 1979 (age 45) Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bats: RightThrows: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jolanda Kroesen (born 2 May 1979) is a Dutch former softball player, who represented the Dutch national team in international competitions.
Career
Kroesen played for Flying Petrols until 1996 and since 1997 until her retirement in 2010 for Sparks Haarlem. She was an outfielder who batted and threw right-handed.
International career
She competed for the Dutch national team since 2001. She participated in the 2001 European Championship, where the Netherlands won the bronze medal and she In she was named MVP of the tournament. She was also part of the team that won the bronze at the 2003 European Championship and the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship.
She was selected as part of the Dutch team that participated in the softball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the Netherlands finished last with a 1–6 record. She played in six games, recording one run, two hits and one RBI in 13 at bats.
References
- ^ "Jolanda Kroesen - Dutch Women Softball Team". dutchsoftballteam.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- "Netherlands Women Softball Team Olympic Roster selected". Mister Baseball. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- "Athlete biography: Jolanda Kroesen". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2025.