Volleyball player Lonneke Slöetjes has definitely put an end to her career. The 30-year-old Slöetjes said last year that she had already lost the pleasure in the sport and said she wanted to think about her future.
She did that and there is no room for top sport anymore. Slöetjes chooses to spend more time with her family and wants to focus on her social career.
“Over the past year I have been looking for motivations and motives to start playing again. However, the itchiness to play again did not come. I notice that I get a lot of energy from other things that come my way and that I can learn, for example. in the field of my study “, Slöetjes said in a statement.
Successful
Slöetjes was one of the strongholds in the Dutch team for years and played 302 international matches for the Orange. For a long time considered one of the best diagonal players in the world, she scored many points with her strength right arm.
In 2016 Slöetjes with the Netherlands came fourth at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. A year later, a silver medal was won at the European Championship and in 2018 the Netherlands came fourth in the world championship.
Slöetjes was also extremely successful in a club context. She has won almost every prize that can be won, including the Champions League several times.
