Sylke Haverkorn
Sylke Haverkorn (born 6 April 1988) is a Dutch rugby league coach and former national player.
Early life
Sylke Haverkorn was born in Enschede, Netherlands on 6 April 1988.[1]
Haverkorn started her sports career by performing judo, tennis and football. She later switched over to rugby.
Playing career
Between 2012 and 2016, she played for the teams Rugbyende Utrechtse Studenten (RUS), the only all female student rugby club in the Netherlands,[2] and De Hanzeladies.[1] She won five consecutive premier division titles with her team.[3]
Coaching career
In 2016, she took over the coaching position at the rugby club RUS from Dj Verlinden, who had served ten years at this post.[4] In the following two seasons, she became the head coach of the men's RC DIOK Leiden forwads. In 2019, her team enjoyed the national champions title becoming the first female coach to win the Ereklasse, the Netherlands’ premier men’s division.[3]
In April 2019, she was appointed head coach of the Turkey women's national rugby league team.[1][5]
In September 2019, Haverkorn was appointed the head coach of the Netherlands women's national team. >t the same time, she became responsible for the development of the national rugby tens and rugby sevens senior women's as well as the U18 women's teams.[1]
She coached the Netherlands national team in two matches of the 2020 Rugby Europe Women's Championship.[6][7][8]
Honours
- 2015 Rugby Player of the Year in the Netherlands.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Beaart, Egon. "Sylke Haverkorn" (in Dutch). Personlijk Lederschap. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Rugbyende Utrechtse Studenten". RUS. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Dutch women rebuilding under former test prop". Women in Rugby. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "36 jaar RUS" (in Dutch). RUS. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Kadın Milli Takımlarımız" (in Turkish). Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ Peerdeman, Paul (3 March 2020). "Rugby Europe Women's Championship 2020: Start Of A Journey Netherlands". The Runner Sports. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Spain convincing winners in Amsterdam". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "ESP 87-0 NED". Rugby Europe. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
