Gerrie Eijlers (born 9 May 1980) is a Dutch retired handball player and handball coach.[1] He retired in 2020.
He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]
After his playing career he has been a goalkeeping coach at the Dutch nationala team. At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he decided to shortly unretire to fill in as a backup goalkeeper for the Dutch national team when Dennis Schellekens tested positive for Covid-19. He did however test positive himself later, and did thus not get to play.[4]
References
- ^ "Gerrie Eijlers beendet seine Karriere". handball-world.news. 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Richardsson maakt definitieve EK-selectie bekend". heren.handbal.nl. 5 January 2020.
- ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Keeperstrainer Eijlers als reserve op de bank" (in Dutch). www.handbalinside.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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