| Laura Dijkema | |||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||
| Born | 18 February 1990 Beilen, Netherlands | ||||
| Hometown | Amsterdam | ||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 297 cm (117 in) | ||||
| Block | 279 cm (110 in) | ||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||
| Current club | Megabox Volley Vallefoglia | ||||
| Number | 14 | ||||
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Laura Chantal Dijkema (born 18 February 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as a setter. She is a member of the Women's National Team.
Dijkema began playing volleyball in 1997 at the age of 7, at the club Smash in her hometown of Beilen. In 2006 as a 16-year-old she went to play at DOK from Dwingeloo, then in the highest league in the Netherlands. In 2010, Dijkema, then at Halkbank from Turkey, got her first chance at the Dutch national team at the Montreux Volley Masters. [1] From 2011 to 2016 Dijkema played for several clubs in Germany. For the season 2016-17 she has signed a contract with Novara from Italy. [2]
Dutch Cup, with Martinus Amstelveen 
Dutch Championship, with Martinus Amstelveen Dutch SuperCup 2009, with TVC Amstelveen Dutch Cup, with Martinus Amstelveen Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen Dutch SuperCup 2010, with TVC Amstelveen
Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen German Championship, with Dresdner SC German Cup, with Dresdner SC German Championship, with Dresdner SC Italian Championship, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara Russian Championship (with Lokomotiv Kaliningrad )
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