Merel Freriks

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Merel Freriks
Personal information
Born (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 28)
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Youth career
Team
–
 HV Borger
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2017
 Emmen & Omstreken
2017–2019
 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach
2019–2022
 Borussia Dortmund
2022–2024
 Brest Bretagne Handball
2024–01/2025
 Vipers Kristiansand
01/2025–06/2025
 Team Esbjerg
07/2025–
 CSM București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–
 Netherlands 97 (179)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Japan
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 France

Merel Freriks (born 6 January 1998) is a Dutch female handball player for Danish club Team Esbjerg and the Dutch national team.[1][2][3]

She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history.[4][5]

Career

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Merel Freriks began playing handball at HV Borger. In 2010 she joined E&O.[6]

In 2017 she joined German Bundesliga side HSG Bensheim/Auerbach.[7] In October the same year, she debuted for the Dutch national team. At the 2018 European Championship she won a bronze medal.[8] In 2019 she joined league rivals Borussia Dortmund[9] Here she won the 2021 German championship.

In 2022 she joined French team Brest Bretagne Handball.[10] In November 2023 she suffered a cruciate ligament injury, that made her miss the 2023 World Championship[11] In 2024 she joined Norwegian top club Vipers Kristiansand.[12]

In January 2025 she joined Danish Team Esbjerg, after her former club, Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand went bankrupt.[13]

Achievements

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Club

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International

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References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
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  5. ^ 2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster
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  8. ^ eurohandball.com: Merel Freriks (EM 2018), retrieved 6. January 2019
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  • Lua error in Module:External_links at line 369: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Merel Freriks at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
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