Laura Dijkema

Laura Dijkema
Laura Dijkema
	Dijkema, 2016
Personal information
Full name	Laura Chantal Dijkema
Nationality	Dutch
Born	18 February 1990 (age 34); 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)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	LOVB Omaha
Number	14
Career
2006–2007; 2007–2008; 2008–2011; 2011–2012; 2012–2013; 2013–2014; 2014–2016; 2016–2017; 2018–2020; 2020–2021; 2021–2022; 2022–2023; 2023–2024; 2024–	TFM/DOK; SCU Emlichheim; "Martinus", "TVM" Amstelveen; VfB Suhl; USC Münster; Halkbank Ankara; Dresdner SC; Igor Gorgonzola Novara; Il Bisonte Firenze; Lokomotiv Kaliningrad; Leningradka Saint-Petersburg; Helvia Recina Volley Macerata; Megabox Volley Vallefoglia; LOVB Omaha
National team
2010–	Netherlands
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the Netherlands
World Grand Prix
European Championship

Laura Chantal Dijkema (born 18 February 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as a setter. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national team.

Career

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]