Tess Wester
Tess Lieder ("née" Wester, born 19 May 1993) is a Dutch handballer who plays as goalkeeper for CSM București and the Dutch national team. A full international with the Dutch national team since 2012, she won the silver medal in the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship with the Dutch team and became the goalkeeper with the highest percentage of saves in the tournament. Wester also reaches with the Dutch team the fourth place in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Career. Wester started her career in 1999 at Hugo Girls, at the age of 5–6. In her youth career  she also played for VZV and HandbalAcademie. She played in the EHF Champions League with VOC Amsterdam in the 2008–09 season. Wester played in E&O Emmen since 2010 until 2011. In 2011, she was signed for German club VfL Oldenburg, playing in the club until 2015 winning the German Cup in 2012. Wester was signed for Bundesliga club SG BBM Bietigheim. She won Bundesliga title with them and played in Champions League. In 2018 she decided to take a step forward in her career and signed a contract with the ambitious Danish team, Odense Håndbold. After her contract with Odense  expired in 2021, she signed for Romanian club CSM București. She explained her decision was influenced by the fact that ""CSM is a top team where expectations are high. That suits me well."" as well as ""This club not only wants to win the Champions League, but also has the experience to do so. ... I want to feel that trigger."" International career. Wester played for the first time with the Dutch team in a friendly match against Romania on 2 October 2012. She played in the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship with the Dutch team, achieving the final of  the tournament, but losing against Norway 23–31. She was called up for represent Netherlands handball team in the 2016 Summer Olympics, achieving the fourth place after losing in the semi-finals against France 23–24, and in the bronze medal match against Norway 26–36.