Ingrid Visser (volleyball)
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Full name | Ingrid Louise Visser | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gouda, Netherlands | 4 June 1977|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 May 2013 Molina de Segura, Spain | (aged 35)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 314 cm (124 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 298 cm (117 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle-blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 11 April 2017 |
Ingrid Louise Visser (4 June 1977 – 14 May 2013) was a Dutch female volleyball player, a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team in 1994–2011, a participant of the 1996 Olympic Games and 1995 European Champion.
Career
[edit]National team
[edit]Visser debuted in the Dutch volleyball team in 1994 in a friendly match against Ukraine. In 1995 she won the title of European Champion after winning the final match against Croatia 3–0 in the Netherlands. She was a member of the Dutch women's team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. Her team took fifth place in the Olympic tournament. In 2007, Visser received the golden federation's pin because of her record status as an international and her merits for volleyball in the Netherlands. On 4 October 2009, the Netherlands, including Visser, won the silver medal of the 2009 European Championship in Poland. They lost the final match against Italy 3–0.[1] In total she played five World Championships, nine European Championships and the Olympics. From 1994 to 2011 Visser played 514 matches with the national team, which is a record number for a Dutch player in any team sports. Officially she ended her volleyball career on 4 February 2012.[2]
Death
[edit]On 13 May 2013, Visser and her boyfriend Lodewijk Severein disappeared shortly after checking into a hotel in the city of Murcia, Spain. They were supposed to meet a doctor the next day but failed to turn up, and the authorities were alerted. Their rental car was found on a city street more than a week later. Their bodies were found on 27 May 2013 in a shallow grave in a lemon grove, two weeks after they disappeared in the region. The pair had been abducted and killed.[3] Spanish police arrested Juan Cuenca Lorente, ex-director of volleyball club CAV Murcia 2005, and Romanian nationals Valentin Ion and Constatin Stan.[4] The police stated that there had been "certain business disagreements" between the murdered couple and the three men under arrest. Severein and Cuenca had planned to exploit a marble quarry, but these plans never materialized and Severein had requested several hundred thousand Euros of his investment to be returned. During the trial, Valentin Ion admitted to being present during the murder and that it took place on 14 May. After two years of investigation, the Spanish prosecution sought a 50-year prison sentence.[5][6][7]
In November 2016 Valentin Ion and Juan Cuenca Lorente were sentenced to a 34-year prison term, but on appeal in March 2017 the prison terms were increased to 40 years.[8][9]
See also
[edit]Sporting achievements
[edit]Clubs
[edit]2003/2004 - with CV Tenerife
2000/2001 - with Vicenza Volley
National championships
[edit]- 1995/1996
Dutch Cup, with VVC Vught
- 1995/1996
Dutch Championship, with VVC Vught
- 1996/1997
Dutch Cup, with VVC Vught
- 1996/1997
Dutch Championship, with VVC Vught
- 2002/2003
Spanish Championship, with CV Tenerife
- 2003/2004
Spanish Championship, with CV Tenerife
- 2003/2004
Spanish Cup, with CV Tenerife
- 2004/2005
Spanish Championship, with CV Tenerife
- 2004/2005
Spanish Cup, with CV Tenerife
- 2005/2006
Spanish Championship, with CV Tenerife
- 2005/2006
Spanish Cup, with CV Tenerife
- 2007/2008
Dutch Championship, with TVC Amstelveen
- 2007/2008
Dutch Cup, with TVC Amstelveen
- 2010/2011
Spanish Cup, with CAV Murcia 2005
National team
[edit]Individually
[edit]- 2004 CEV Champions League - Best Blocker
References
[edit]- ^ Włoszki mistrzyniami Starego kontynentu Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine - siatka.org - 4 October 2009.
- ^ Ingrid Visser stopt bij Oranje Archived 2 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine - volleybal.nl - 4 February 2012.
- ^ Severein met veel geweld vermoord - nos.nl - 28 May 2013.
- ^ Verdachte Murcia volleybalbaas - nos.nl - 28 May 2013.
- ^ Volleyball mourns former European champion Ingrid Visser Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine - cev.lu - 27 May 2013.
- ^ Dutch volleyball's Visser killed in Spain over business - bbc.co.uk - 28 May 2013.
- ^ Zaak tegen verdachten brute moord Ingrid Visser geopend - ad.nl - 29 May 2015.
- ^ Romanian gets 34-years jail sentence in Spain for murdering Dutch volleyball player and her partner - romania-insider.com - 4 November 2016.
- ^ Higher penalties for murder Visser / Severein - hotrecentnews.com - 16 March 2017.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Dutch Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-09) (in Dutch)
- Ingrid Visser at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Ingrid Visser at WorldofVolley
- Ingrid Visser at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Ingrid Visser at Olympics.com
- Ingrid Visser at Olympedia