Cintha Boersma
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Full name | Jacintha Hedwig Jeanne Boersma | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Cintha Boersma | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
Born | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | 1 May 1969||||||||||||||
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Club | Jogging Altamura | ||||||||||||||
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Jacintha ("Cintha") Hedwig Jeanne Boersma (born 1 May 1969 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.
Boersma was a member of the Netherlands national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship by defeating Croatia 3–0 in the final. She was considered the most valuable player at the Atlanta Games.
On club level she played with Jogging Altamura in Italy.
Her brother is beach volleyball player Emiel Boersma.
References
- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Dutch women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players of the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Amsterdam
- Living people
- Dutch expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Dutch volleyball biography stubs