Noémi Boekel
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Noémi Boekel is a Dutch
softball
player, who represents the Dutch national team
in international competitions.
Boekel played for Zuidvogels, Instant Holland A90
, Amsterdam Pirates
and since 2005 for Sparks Haarlem. She is a catcher
and third baseman
who bats and throws right-handed. She competes for the Dutch national team since 2004. In 2007 she won the Egbert van der Sluis Memorial for being the best Dutch under-23 international player. She is part of the Dutch team for the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
player, who represents the Dutch national team
Netherlands women's national softball team
The Netherlands women's national softball team is the national team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond, or the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation...
in international competitions.
Boekel played for Zuidvogels, Instant Holland A90
Instant Holland A90
Holland A90 are a baseball team in Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the Netherlands's professional baseball league....
, Amsterdam Pirates
Amsterdam Pirates
Amsterdam Pirates is a baseball and softball team in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded as an expansion of the soccer club S.V. RAP. In the first years it was known as the RAP Pirates, but after a few years the club changed its name according to American tradition and became the Amsterdam...
and since 2005 for Sparks Haarlem. She is a catcher
Catcher
Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...
and third baseman
Third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
who bats and throws right-handed. She competes for the Dutch national team since 2004. In 2007 she won the Egbert van der Sluis Memorial for being the best Dutch under-23 international player. She is part of the Dutch team for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
.