I started archery at the age of 8 years old. I first came in contact with the sport when I watched my cousins competing in a local competition, after that I knew that I wanted to start with archery. A couple of years later I made it to the national youth selection of the Netherlands and never missed a season since. After  some years  in the youth selection I was asked together with some other junior to form the national senior  team for the Netherlands and we booked some great succeses since then on international level.