Sanne van Olphen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Olphen, not Olphen.

Sanne van Olphen
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-13) 13 March 1989 (age 36) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-2011	Omni SV Hellas
2011–2014	SønderjyskE Håndbold
2014–2017	Toulon Handball
2017-2018	Viborg HK
2019-2021	Mérignac Handball
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006-2017	Netherlands	89 [1]	(141)
Medal record World Championship 2015 Denmark European Championship 2016 Sweden

Sanne van Olphen (born 13 March 1989) is a retired Dutch handball player who represented the Dutch national team.

Career

Sanne van Olphen started her career at Omni SV Hellas, before joining Danish side SønderjyskE in 2011. ^[2] In her first season she was promoted with the club to the Danish top division Damehåndboldligaen.

In the 2014-15 eason she joined French side Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball. ^[3]

In 2017 she returned to Denmark and joined Viborg HK. ^[4] She retired after the 2017-18 season. ^[5]

In the 2019-20 season she made a comeback for the French team Mérignac Handball. ^[6] In 2021 she retired once again. ^[7]

National team

Van Olphen played 89 games for the Dutch national team and scored 141 goals.

She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia ^[8] and at the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship ^[9]

She also represented Netherlands at the 2016 Olympics, where Netherlands finished 4th.

At the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship she won silver medals with the Dutch team, losing to Norway in the final. ^[10]

Private

Her father, Patrick van Olphen, is a former handball player and coach. ^[11] She is the niece of fellow handballer Fabian van Olphen. ^[11]

References

1. "Handbalster Sanne van Olphen beëindigt interlandcarrière" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
2. "Hollandsk forstærkning til SønderjyskE" (in Danish). SønderjyskE. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. vom 4. Mai 2011, abgerufen am 21. November 2013
3. "Van Olphen til Toulon" (in Danish). hbold.dk. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
4. "Viborg med spektakulær nyhed: Præsenterer fem spillere samme dag". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
5. "Transferoverblik: Her er alle sommerens klubskifter i dameligaen". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 23 August 2018.
6. "Sanne Van Olphen de retour en France" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
7. "Ook Van Olphen vindt het goed geweest" (in Dutch). handballinside.nl. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
8. "XXI Women's World Championship 2013 Team Roster Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 17 January 2014.
9. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
10. "Heja Norge for the seventh time". swe2016.ehf-euro.com. 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
11. "Gesprek van de Week met Sanne van Olphen" (in Dutch). NHV. 21 February 2019.

External links

• Sanne van Olphen at the European Handball Federation
• Sanne van Olphen at Olympedia
• Sanne van Olphen at Olympics.com
• Sanne van Olphen at TeamNL ( archive ) (in Dutch)