medaltemplates article_title birth_date
women 's volleyball erna brinkman
 march 25 , 1972
erna brinkman

erna augusta brinkman -lrb- born march 25 , 1972 in sneek , friesland -rrb- is a retired volleyball player from the netherlands , who represented her native country at two consecutive summer olympics , starting in 1992 .
brinkman was a member of the netherlands women 's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1995 european championship by defeating croatia -lrb- 3-0 -rrb- in the final .
she is not related to former dutch field hockey player jacques brinkman .
