Emiel Boersma
Emiel Boersma Nicolaas Paul ( born August 25, 1980 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch beach volleyball player.
Career
Boersma graduated in 2002 some open tournaments with Bram Ronnes before he formed a new duo with Max Backer in the following year. Boersma / Backer were fifth in the 2003 European Championship after the Germans Dieckmann / Recker man were inferior only in the quarterfinals. Subsequently, however, they failed in the first round of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. With Richard de Kogel be Boersma had at the World Cup 2005 in Berlin later victors Márcio Araújo / Fábio Luiz beaten after the two Dutch had defeated the defending champion Emanuel / Ricardo in the second main round. In the same year Boersma was Dutch champion.
At the European Championships in 2006, it came for Boersma and his new teammates Mathijs mast after the opening win against the Russians Barsuk / Kolodinski to two national meetings, in which they first Nummerdor / Richard Schuil defeated in three sets before them against the eventual finalists Jochem de Gruijter lost / Ronnes. Then she dropped out against the Germans Klemperer / Schneider. 2007 and 2008 played Boersma again with Bram Ronnes. At the World Championships in Gstaad was the reunited duo second in the group behind the tournament winners Rogers / Dalhausser from the U.S. and reaching the knockout stages against their final opponent Barsuk / Kolodinski. Against the Russians, they were also subject to the European Championship in 2007, before they were eliminated one round before the semi-final against the Germans Klemperer / Koreng and occupied the fifth place. The next year it was enough to rank 17th in Hamburg only Nevertheless, they were able to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. There they defeated in the final group game, the Germans Brink / Dieckmann, but failed in the playoffs the group to third parties to Klemperer / Koreng.
Boersma 2009 formed a new duo with Joppe Paulides, for the participation in the World Championships in Stavanger vorzeitung ended because of an injury. After an unsuccessful partnership with Alexander Brouwer he came in 2010 with his current teammate Daan Spijkers together. At the World Cup 2011 Boersma / Spijkers resigned from the group last after the first round. In August 2011, Boersma / Spijkers failed again at the European Championships in Kristiansand in the second round of Klemperer / Koreng. Subsequently, they were fifth in The Hague Open.
The same result they achieved in 2012 at the Grand Slam in Shanghai and Beijing. At the European Championships in Scheveningen they reached in front of his home crowd as runners-up behind Klemperer / Koreng the knockout stage. There they first established themselves against the Austrians Muellner / Wutzl and in the second round against the Germans Erdmann / Matysik. Then they defeated in the national duel Nummerdor / Schuil. With a 2-1 semi-final against Skarlund / Spinnangr from Norway they reached the final, which they lost to the defending champions Brink / Recker man. After the EM Boersma / Spijkers were still fifth at the Berlin Grand Slam before they separated soon after.