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Bo van Wetering

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In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Wetering, not Wetering.

Bo van Wetering
Personal information
Born (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25)
Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Győri ETO KC
Youth career
Team
 HV Tornado
 VZV
Senior clubs
Years Team
2015–2016
 Westfriesland SEW
2016–2019
 VOC Amsterdam
2019–2021
 TuS Metzingen
2021–2024
 Odense Håndbold
2024–
 Győri ETO KC
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–
 Netherlands 99 (335)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Japan
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 1 November 2024

Bo van Wetering (born 5 October 1999) is a Dutch female handballer for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team.[1]

She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history.[2][3]

Career

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Bo van Wetering started playing handball at her hometown club HV Tornado. She later played for VZV before joining Westfriesland SEW.[4] She debuted in the Eredivisie on February 28th 2015 at the age of only 15.[5] A year later she joined league rivals VOC Amsterdam.[4] Here she won the 2017 Eredivisie.[6]

In 2019 she joined German Bundesliga team TuS Metzingen.[7] She played here for two years before joining Danish team Odense Håndbold.[8] With Odense she won the Danish League in 2021 and 2022.

In 2024 she joined Hungarian team Győri ETO KC together with fellow Dutch international Dione Housheer, who also joined from Odense Håndbold.[9]

National team

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At the U-19 European Championship in 2017 Bo van Wetering was a part of the tournament all star team.[10]

Her first major international tournament was the 2019 World Championship in Japan, where Netherlands won gold medals, beating Spain in the final 30:29[3][11]

At the 2020 Olympics she also represented the Dutch team.[12]

At the 2023 World Championship she and the Netherlands finished 5th. She scored 38 goals during the tournament.[13]

Achievements

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Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. ^ "Bo van Wetering Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Mayonnade maakt definitieve WK-selectie bekend". handbal.nl (in Dutch). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b 2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster
  4. ^ a b "VOC strikt piepjonge eredivisiedebutante" (in Dutch). handbalinside.nl. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Bo van Wetering 15 jaar en nu al uitkomen voor SEW 1" (in Dutch). medemblikactueel.nl. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Titelträger Niederlande (Frauen)" (in German). bundesligainfo.de. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Heerhugowaardse Bo van Wetering uitgeroepen tot handbaltalent van het jaar" (in Dutch). heerhugowaardsdagblad.nl. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Odense Håndbold skriver kontrakt med hollandsk stortalent" [Odense Håndbold signs contract with Dutch wonderkid] (in Danish). Odense Håndbold. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Györ holt niederländisches Duo aus Dänemark" (in German). handball-world.news. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's 19 EHF EURO All-Star Team announced". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Holland er verdensmester for første gang" [Netherlands are world champions for the first time ever] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Match Team Statistics: Netherlands vs. Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  13. ^ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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