Gerald van Dijk

Gerald van Dijk

Personal information
National team	Netherlands national korfball team Suriname national korfball team
Born	(1983-06-18) 18 June 1983 (age 41)
Sport
Country	Suriname
Sport	Korfball
Medal record Korfball Representing  Netherlands World Games 2009 Team World championships 2011 Team European championships 2010 Team

Gerald van Dijk (born 18 June 1983) is a Dutch-Surinamese korfball player. He competed with the Netherlands national korfball team and Suriname national korfball team.

Van Dijk played 22 matches with the Netherlands national korfball team and became European Champion, World Champion and World Games champion.^[1]

From 2017 Van Dijk founded the Suriname national korfball team. He became chairman of the Surinamese Korfball federation. Together with other Dutch-Surinamese korfball players of the Korfbal League, including himself, he was able to get a complete team. With the Suriname national korfball team he competed at among others the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship and 2022 World Games.^[2][3][4]

References

1. "Gerald van Dijk: 'Ik voel me fitter dan ooit'". Het Parool (in Dutch). 16 November 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. "Op de World Games komt Gerald van Dijks Surinaamse korfbaldroom eindelijk uit". Trouw (in Dutch). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
3. "Video: portret Randell van der Steen en Gerald van Dijk". korfbal.nl (in Dutch). 16 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
4. "Korfball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.