Kelly Dulfer (born 21 March 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She normally plays left back, but is known to be a very versatile player.
She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history.2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster
Career Dulfer started playing handball at HV Ventura. In 2012 she joined HV Quintus and a year later she joined HV DOS.
In the 2014–15 season she played for SERCODAK Dalfsen, where she won the Dutch League and Dutch cup.
The season after she joined German Bundesliga team VfL Oldenburg. In two seasons at the club she played 51 Bundesliga games, scoring 182 gaols.
In 2017 she joined Danish side København Håndbold. In 2018 she won the Danish Championship; the first title in the history of the club.
In the summer of 2019 she returned to Germany to join Borussia Dortmund. Here she won the 2021 German championship. In summer 2021 she joined league rivals SG BBM Bietigheim. Here she won the 2021, 2022 and 2023 DHB Supercup, the 2022, 2023 and 2024 German championship, the 2022 European League and the 2023 DHB-Pokal.
In 2024 she joined Hungarian side Győri ETO KC.
National team Dulfer debuted for the Dutch national team on 23 October 2013, against Italy, while still playing in the Netherlands.
She competed for the national team in the 2013 Møbelringen Cup in Norway. She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where she was selected to play the position of centre back on the Dutch team. She made her World Championship debut in the opening match against the Dominican Republic, and scored one goal in the game, which was won 44–21 by the "Oranje" team.
In 2012, she played at the Women's Youth World Handball Championship in Montenegro, where the Dutch team placed tenth.
At the 2015 World Championship and 2016 European Championship she won silver medals with the Dutch team on both occasions.
At the 2016 Olympics she was also in the Dutch team.
At the 2018 European championship she won bronze medals with the Dutch team and was selected for the tournament all-star team as best defender. During the tournament she played mainly as a pivot instead her normal back position.
Her greatest achievement came at the 2019 World Championship in Japan, where she and the Netherlands won gold medals, beating Spain in the final 30:29
At the 2020 Olympics she was also part of the Dutch team.ihf.info: Cumulative Statistics, retrieved 31 December 2021 At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team, scoring 13 goals.ihf.info: 26th IHF Women's World Championship: Netherlands, retrieved 30. December 2023
Private life Dulfer is the daughter of the Dutch international cricketers Eric Dulfer and Ingrid Keijzer.
Achievements National team World Championship: Silver Medalist: 2015 Bronze Medalist: 2017 Gold Medalist: 2019 European Championship: Silver Medalist: 2016 Bronze Medalist: 2018
Domestic competitions Danish Championship: Winner: 2018 Danish Cup: Runner-up: 2017 DHB Supercup: Winner: 2021, 2022, 2023 DHB-Pokal: Winner: 2022, 2023 Bundesliga: Winner: 2021, 2022, 2023 Dutch Eredivisie Winner: 2015 NHV Cup Winner: 2015 Dutch Supercup Winner: 2015 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: Winner: 2025
International competitions EHF Champions League: Winner: 2025 silver medalist: 2024 EHF European League: Winner: 2022
Individual awards All-Star Best Defender of the European Championship: 2018 HTH Ligaen's Player of the Month: November 2018 and February 2019
References
External links
at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (alternate link)