Facts: - medaltemplates: women 's water polo - birth date: december 9 , 1973 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mascha geurts .
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mascha geurts -lrb- born december 9 , 1973 in nijmegen , gelderland -rrb- is a retired water polo goalkeeper from the netherlands .she made her debut for the women 's national team in 2001 , and was on the squad that won the competed at the 2001 world championship in fukuoka , japan .geurts competed for her native country at the 2001 european championship in budapest , hungary , finishing in fifth place .her biggest success came in 2002 , when the dutch were finalist in the six-nations tournament in monte-rotondo , italy .she currently plays with enc-arnhem .they recently promoted to the dutch 1st class -lrb- minor league -rrb- .