{{short description|Dutch handball player (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Maura Visser | image = | nationality = Dutch | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|1|df=y}} | birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands | height = 1.78 m | position = Centre back | currentclub = SG BBM Bietigheim | clubnumber = 3 | years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = KIF Vejen | years2 = 2011–2014 | clubs2 = HC Leipzig | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Viborg HK | years4 = 2015–2020 | clubs4 = SG BBM Bietigheim | nationalyears1 = 2005–2018 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands | nationalcaps1 = 139 | nationalgoals1 = 451 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|European Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Sweden|}} {{MedalBronze|2018 France|}} }}
'''Maura Visser''' (born 1 June 1985) is a Dutch handballer who plays as a playmaker for SG BBM Bietigheim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/516059|title=Maura Visser Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=5 August 2011}}</ref>
She competed at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Dutch team placed eighth, and Visser was listed among the top ten goalscorers of the tournament (scoring 36 goals).<ref name=ehf2010-topplayers>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportresult.com/sports/hb/hbem10w/PDF/TOPPL.pdf |title=9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Individual statistics |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=20 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229044640/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/hb/hbem10w/PDF/TOPPL.pdf# |archive-date=29 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ehf2010-allstarteam>{{cite web|url=http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.1705.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4107&cHash=b935eae59a |title=EHF Euro 2010. All Star Team announced |publisher=European Handball Federation |accessdate=20 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222004918/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.1705.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4107&cHash=b935eae59a |archivedate=22 December 2010 }}</ref> She was taken off the national team after the 2011 World Championships but was selected by new head coach Helle Thomsen to make her return at the 2016 European Championships where the Dutch national team won silver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamnl.org/artikelen/2016/11/handbalster-visser-na-vijf-jaar-afwezigheid-terug-in-ek-selectie|title=Handbalster Visser na vijf jaar afwezigheid terug in EK-selectie|publisher=TeamNL|accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref>
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