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Dutch Women Softball Team |
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biography |
Who is Who? |
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| # 10 - Nathalie Gosewehr - Outfield |
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|  | | Birthdate | October 24, 1984 |
| | Birthplace | Haarlem (Netherlands) |
| | Residence | Spaarndam (Netherlands) |
| | Occupation & Study | Work: Handling the bar, desk and child's care
at Sportschool Club Sportive Haarlem
Study: Interior Decorator |
| | Height | 1,58 m |
| | Weight | 55 kg |
| | Bats | Switch |
| | Throws | Right |
| | Position | Outfield |
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| | National Team | 2004 - 2007; December 2008 - current |
| | Games National Team | 63 |
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| | Clubs | Spaarnwoude (Spaarndam, 1990-2001)
DSC '74 (Haarlem, 2002-2004) (*)
Terrasvogels (Santpoort, 2005-2009) (*)
Sparks Haarlem (Haarlem, current) (*)
(*)=Dutch Major League ('Hoofdklasse') |
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| ...Tournaments Participated In... |  
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with DSC '74
International Mastenbroek Tournament
2002, 2003, 2004 (Enschede, Netherlands)
2004 - International Indoor Cup (Schiedam, Netherlands)
European Cup (Viladecans, Spain)
with Terrasvogels
European Cup
2005 (Macerata, Italy), 2008 (Prague, Czech Republic)
CupWinners Cup
2006 (Caronno Pertusella, Italy), 2007 (Prague, Czech Republic)
2009 (Parma, Italy)
International Indoor Cup
2005, 2007 (Schiedam, Netherlands)
International Mastenbroek Tournament
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (Enschede, Netherlands)
2008 - Holland Tour (Santpoort, Netherlands)
with Sparks Haarlem
2010 - Intern. Jan de Wit Tournament (Haarlem, Netherlands)
with Holland All Stars
2008 - Holland Tour (Groningen/Oldenzaal, Netherlands)
with Dutch Junior Softball Team
2003 - International Indoor Cup (Schiedam, Netherlands)
World Championships Juniors (Nanjing, China)
with Dutch National Softball Team
2004 - Coppa BSC Legnano Amga Tournament (Legnano, Italy)
Torneo Internationale Softball Città di Legnano (Legnano, Italy)
World University Games (Plant City, Florida, USA)
2005 - Canada Cup (Surrey, Canada)
European Championships (Prague, Czech Republic)
2006 - Canada Cup (Surrey, Canada)
World Championships (Beijing, China)
Japan Cup (Yokohama, Japan)
2007 - Australia Test Series (Enschede/Oosterhout/Haarlem, Netherlands)
2009 - Holland Tour (several sites, Netherlands)
Canada Cup (Surrey, Canada)
World Cup of Softball (Oklahoma City, USA)
European Championships (Valencia, Spain)
2010 - International Indoor Cup (Team Blue) (Schiedam, Neth.)
Holland Tour (several sites, Netherlands)
Venezuela International Series (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela)
World Championship (Caracas, Venezuela)
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| ...Awards... |
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2004 - Most Stolen Bases, Dutch Major League
2009 - Best Hitter, Intern. Mastenbroek Tournament
Most Valuable Player, CupWinners Cup
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| ...Miscellaneous... |
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| When did you start with softball? | | | When I was five years old |
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| Why did you start playing softball? | | | In Spaarndam, a small village between Haarlem, Velserbroek and Halfweg,
was not much choice sportslike, but there was a softball-club.
My mother thought it was a good idea to let me play softball and I never quit |
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| What was your first club? | | | I started with Spaarnwoude in Spaarndam and played there some 11 years |
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| Accomplishments / Highlights | | | Winning Dutch championship with DSC '74 and Terrasvogels;
Finishing in third place on the Canada Cup and 2nd on the European Cup;
Stealing the most bases in 2004 |
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| Biggest blunder | | | Missing a fly ball in the play-offs |
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| Which persons do you most admire? | | | People who do everything in their sport to reach the top;
I'm thinking of someone like Nadal, who lives for the sport and
everyhting in his life is dedicated to sport |
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| Which persons would you like to meet? | | | Nadal |
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| Three people you would love to have dinner with? | | | With three fun top-athletes (Nadal, Simon Kuipers) |
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| Dreamjob? | | | The full 100 percent playing high level sport;
having my own interior decoration company |
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| From who did you learn the most? | | | My teammates, Jessica Mendoza, Glen Roff, Darwin Tolzin |
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| Biggest turn-off? | | | Bicycling |
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| Talent you wish you had? | | | Being able to perform well in every sport; hitting homeruns |
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| Pets | | | Seven cats....... |
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| Exotic pet you would like to have? | | | A tiger |
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| Hobbies or Interests | | | SPORTS (fitness, softball, running, drawing, making Swedish puzzles) |
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| When you wouldn't have been involved in
softball, what other sport would you have done? | | | Bodybuilding, soccer |
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| What does the Olympic Games means to you? | | | The ultimate dream, the highest reachable in a sports career |
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| Why does softball has to return to the Olympics? | | | Because softball is a very beautiful sport in which you can reach
a nice accomplishment both individually as well as in a team,
and it's a nice sport to look at |
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| Describe your playing style | | | I'm an agressive and focused teamplayer, who is very
performance-focused and always wants to win (driven) |
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| ...My Favorite / Best... |
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| Movie | | | Friday the 13th and specially thrillers and true stories |
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| Actor | | | Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman |
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| Actress | | | No favorite |
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| TV Channel | | | I'm not watching that much TV |
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| TV Show | | | NCIS, CSI, House, De Lama's, Numb3rs |
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| TV Sports Show | | | NOS Studio Sport, Holland Sport |
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| TV Personality | | | Gerard Joling, Carlo Boszhard |
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| Radio Channel | | | Radio 538, Wild FM |
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| Radio Show | | | Evers staat op |
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| Radio Personality | | | Edwin Evers |
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| Music Genre | | | Something from everything, R&B, soul, Top-40, house |
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| Singer (male) | | | Mika, Michael Bublé, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland
and much more |
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| Singer (female) | | | Pink, Alicia Keys |
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| Group / Band etc. | | | No favorite |
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| Song | | | Almost all songs by Pink, 'Sober', 'Trouble', 'So What' and Alicia Keys |
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| Vacation Spot / Country | | | Italy and Australia |
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| Food | | | Pancakes, pasta (Italian), Mexican, salads or a fine Dutch meal |
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| Drink | | | Aquarius, Red Bull, Malibu, Shakes |
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| Animal | | | Cats |
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| Newspaper | | | Haarlems Dagblad, De Telegraaf |
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| Book | | | CSI, true stories |
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| Magazine | | | 101 Woonideeën, VT Wonen, Sportweek |
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| Internet Sites | | | www.nathaliegosewehr.waarbenjij.nu, a4terrasvogels.t83.net,
www.dutchsoftballteam.com, nl.youtube.com/user/speedy2410 |
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| Sport (besides softball) | | | Fitness, soccer, running |
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| Olympic Sport (besides softball) | | | Skating, baseball |
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| (Professional) Sports Team | | | Terrasvogels |
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| Athlete (male) | | | Sven Kramer, Rafael Nadal |
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| Athlete (female) | | | The Williams-sisters |
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| Softball Player | | | Jessica Mendoza |
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| Career |
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2010 --- In January, Nathalie participates with the National squad (playing for Team Blue) in the International Indoor Cup in Schiedam (Netherlands) with her team finishing in second place ---
On January 18, Nathalie is one of 21 players named to the preliminary roster for this years World Championships ---
On May 16, Nathalie is 2-for-3 in Game One vs. the Dutch Men Softball Team in the opening double-header of this years Holland Tour ---
On May 23, she is 2-for-4 with a run and RBI in the first game, then adds an RBI-double in the second game vs. the Foreign All Star Team ---
On May 26, Nathalie is one of 16 players who is named to the final roster for the World Championship in Venezuela ---
On June 16, Nathalie plays in her 50th international game for the Dutch Team when she enters the game vs. Cuba as a pinch-runner during the Triangular de Softbol Feminino in Venezuela.
2009 --- On May 3, during the opener of the Holland Tour, Nathalie plays in her first National Team Game since May 22, 2007. In the opening game vs. Euro Stars, Nathalie is 3-for-5, including a triple, scores a run and has one RBI ---
On May 6, Nathalie is 1-for-1, scores twice and has one RBI in the first game against the Dutch Juniors ---
On May 10, Nathalie is 2-for-3 and scores two runs in the opening game vs. Centrals ---
In the second game vs. Gryphons, Nathalie scores three runs on May 17 ---
On May 20, Nathalie reaches base four times, including a triple and scores twice in the double-header vs. the Dutch Juniors ---
On May 27, Nathalie is one of the 17 players who is named to the final roster for the Dutch National Team to participate in this years international events ---
On June 3, Nathalie triples and scores three runs in the double-header vs. the Dutch Juniors ---
On June 19, Nathalie is 2-for-2, scores twice and has an RBI in the game against Great Britain ---
On June 21, Nathalie scores three runs in the game vs. Great Britain ---
On June 27, Nathalie triples, scores twice and has one RBI in the Holland Tour's closing game vs. the Former Nationals ---
On July 4, Nathalie accounts for the only Dutch basehit vs. the USA, which is the opening game of the Canada Cup ---
Three days later, on July 7, Nathalie his a 3-run homerun and is 2-for-2 in the game vs. Canada, during the Canada Cup ---
On July 16, Nathalie is 2-for-2 with a double and scores once in the first game vs. Italy, which is the opener of the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City ---
On July 20, Nathalie is 2-for-3 and is one of four players to hit a homerun in the second game vs. Italy during the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City, the others being Virginie Anneveld, Chantal Versluis and Saskia Kosterink ---
On July 27, Nathalie is 1-for-2, scores twice and has an RBI in the game vs. France, the opener of the European Championships in Valencia ---
On July 28, Nathalie triples and has two RBI's in the game vs. Russia during the European Championships ---
On July 31, Nathalie is 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the come-from-behind victory vs. the Czech Republic during the European Championships ---
Later on this day, Nathalie is 2-for-2 and has an RBI in the semi-final of European Championships vs. Great Britain ---
On August 1, Nathalie is a member of the Dutch Team which brings the European title back to the Netherlands for the first time in 19 years ---
Two weeks later, Nathalie participates with Terrasvogels in the CupWinners Cup-tournament (her sixth European Cup-event) in Parma (Italy), which is won by her team for the first time in six years ---
After completion of this tournament, Nathalie is named Most Valuable Player of the event ---
In the regular season, Nathalie hits .317, scores 22 runs (second best of the her team), hits 39 basehits (third best), 11 runs batted in and leads the team with four stolen bases ---
After completion of the season, Nathalie decides to play for Sparks Haarlem in the 2010 season, after having played the last five seasons for Terrasvogels.
2008 --- In the regular season, she hits .297 for Terrasvogels, which reaches the play-offs, but is then eliminated ---
In September, Nathalie travels to Prague for the third time in four years to participate in the European Cup-tournament ---
On December 11, Nathalie is one of 28 players being named to the preliminary roster of the Dutch National Team for 2009 and is invited to start practice in January.
2007 --- On January 15, Nathalie is one of 26 players to be named to the preliminary roster of the Dutch National Team and participates in the Australia Test Series, playing in four games ---
After conclusion of the Australia Series, she is one of six players dropped from the roster for the European Championships and following Olympic Qualifier ---
In the regular season, hits above .300 for the first time in her career, finishing with a .333 average. She also has career-highs in runs scored, runs batted in and basehits. She leads the team and the league in triples with seven. With Terrasvogels, she wins the Dutch championship ---
In Prague (Czech Republic), Nathalie participates again in the CupWinners Cup-tournament.
2006 --- A highlight this year for Nathalie, is her participation with the National Team in the World Championships, which is being held at the Olympic site in Beijing (China) ---
This year, in her fifth big league-season, Nathalie hits two more homeruns ---
With Terrasvogels, she participates this year in the European CupWinners Cup-tournament in Italy.
2005 --- In her first full season with the national squad, Nathalie participates in her first Canada Cup-tournament, but also the European Championships in Prague (Czech Republic), where the Dutch finish in third place ---
In her first season with Terrasvogels, Nathalie plays in 29 games and hits .298 ---
She also travels to Italy with Terrasvogels for the European Cup-tournament.
2004 --- Nathalie plays in her first games for the Dutch National Team, with whom she participates in two international tournaments in Italy ---
With DSC '74, Nathalie participates in her first European Cup-tournament, which is being held this year in Barcelona (Spain) ---
In the regular season, she steals the most bases and shares first place with teammate Jacqueline Wesselink.
2003 --- This year, Nathalie is selected for the Dutch National Junior Team and gets her first international experiences, participating in the World Championships in Nanjing (China) ---
In her second big league-season, Nathalie again plays for DSC '74, which has a great season, as it wins the Dutch championship under the guidance of Head Coach Rob Walgien, who was a member of the Dutch National Team coachingstaff in 2000, 2006-2008 and headed the national squad in 2001.
2002 --- After having played for Spaarnwoude since she was five years old, Nathalie decides to play for DSC '74 in Haarlem and with them, she makes her Dutch Major League-debut this year ---
In her first season on the highest level, Nathalie plays in 23 games and collects 13 basehits, including her first homerun, finishing with a .260 batting average.
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| Family |
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| NATHALIE is the daughter of Loek and Margaret Gosewehr and she has one sister, Eileen, who doesn't softball. |
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