Wytze Kooistra

Wytze Kooistra
Wytze Kooistra
Personal information
Full name	Wytze Kooistra
Nationality	Dutch
Born	June 3, 1982; Westerbork, Netherlands
Height	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Spike	360 cm (140 in)
Block	345 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker/Opposite
Current club	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen
Number	2 (club), 12 (national team)
Career
2000–2002; 2002–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2008; 2008–2011; 2011–2013; 2013–2014; 2014; 2015; 2015; 2015–	Abiant Lycurgus Groningen; Sportvereniging Dynamo; Itas Diatec Trentino; M. Roma Volley; Trenkwalder Modena; PGE Skra Bełchatów; Cerrad Czarni Radom; İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi; Pallavolo Molfetta; Olympiacos Piraeus; Abiant Lycurgus Groningen
National team
2005–	Netherlands
Men’s Volleyball
Representing Netherlands
European League
	Last updated: 20 February 2017

Wytze Kooistra (born 3 June 1982) is a Dutch volleyball player, a member of Netherlands men's national volleyball team and Dutch club Abiant Lycurgus Groningen.

Career

He began his career as a middle-blocker. In 2013, he played for his national team as a spiker, and now he is playing in this position at his club.

Clubs

His first professional club was Lycurgus. During the seasons 2002-2005, he played for Piet Zoomers. In 2005, he moved to Itas Diatec Trentino. In 2011, he moved to Polish PlusLiga team, PGE Skra Bełchatów.[1] For a long time he was a reserve player. With the club from Bełchatów, Kooistra won the Polish Cup of 2012, a silver medal in the Polish Championship in the season 2011/2012 and in the Polish SuperCup of 2013. He is a silver medalist of the CEV Champions League, which was held in Łódź, Poland. In 2013 moved to another Polish PlusLiga club - Cerrad Czarni Radom.[2]

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

2011/2012 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów

CEV Cup

2007/2008, with M. Roma Volley

FIVB Club World Championship

Qatar 2012 - with PGE Skra Bełchatów

National championships

2011/2012 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2011/2012 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2012/2013 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2014/2015 Greek League Cup, with Olympiacos

Individually

2005 Dutch Championship - Best Blocker

References

Wytza Kooistra w Skrze Bełchatów, Woicki przedłużył kontrakt - siatka.org - 25-05-2011
Wytze Kooistra w Cerrad Czarnych Radom - plusliga.pl - 08-09-2013

External links

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[1] Wytza Kooistra w Skrze Bełchatów, Woicki przedłużył kontrakt - siatka.org - 25-05-2011

[2] Wytze Kooistra w Cerrad Czarnych Radom - plusliga.pl - 08-09-2013