Pearl van der Wissel

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Wissel, not Wissel.

Pearl van der Wissel
Personal information
Full name	Pearl van der Wissel-Nielsen
Born	(1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 (age 41) Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2000-2001	VOC Amsterdam
2001-2002	Omni SV Hellas
2002-2009	GOG Svendborg
2009-2010	Toulon Handball
2010-2011	Thüringer HC
2011-2012	SK Aarhus
2012-2018	Odense Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999-2017	Netherlands	217 [1]	(560)
Medal record World Championship 2017 Germany

Pearl van der Wissel (born 14 April 1984) is a former Dutch handballer, who played for the Dutch national handball team, ^{[2] [3]} where she in 2017 was part of the team that won bronze medals at the 2017 World Championship.

Career

Pearl van der Wissel played in her home country for UDSV, Aalsmeer, Orient, VOC Amsterdam and Omni sportverenigung Hellas. In 2002 she won the Dutch championship with Hellas. Afterwards she joined Danish side GOG Håndbold, where she won the 2005 Danish Cup. ^[4] After 7 years in Denmark, she joined French side Toulon Handball, where she won the French championship in 2010. After a season in France she joined German side Thüringer HC. Here she won the 2011 German championship and DHB-Pokal double.

In 2011 she returned to Denmark to join SK Aarhus. ^[5] A year later she joined league rivals HC Odense. ^[6] She retired after the 2014-15 season, ^[7] but came back to Odense after Nadia Offendal had suffered a knee injury. ^[8] She ended her career in 2018 for good. ^[9]

References

1. "All-Time Career Leaders" (PDF). handbal.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
2. "Profile". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
3. EHF profile
4. "Pokalvindere gennem tiden" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
5. "van der Wissel wechselt zurück nach Dänemark" (in German). handball-world.com.
6. "van Pearl van der Wissel klar for HC Odense" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio.
7. "En perle stopper til sommer" (in Danish). hbold.dk. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
8. "Comeback til Pearl van der Wissel" (in Danish). HC Odense . Retrieved 21 February 2016.
9. "Confident debutants want to make an impact". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 22 September 2018.