What is Silvanne Slot?
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox water polo biography | name = Silvanne Slot | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = {{NED}} | strokes = | club = | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|2004}} | birth_place = | death_date = | height = | weight = | position = | L/R = | currentclub = [[ZV de Zaan]] | currentnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = VZC | youthyear2 = | youthclubs2 = [[Polar Bears Ede]] | college = | years1 = | clubs1 = [[ZV de Zaan]] | years2 = <!-- up to years15 --> | clubs2 = <!-- up to clubs15 --> | medaltemplates = |youthclubs3=ZV de Zaan}} '''Silvanne Slot''' (born 2004) is a Dutch water polo player from [[Veenendaal]]. She plays with [[ZV de Zaan]] in [[Zaandam]] and the junior national team.<ref name=sportkrant>{{cite news |last=van Stokkum|first=Ron |date=27 May 2022 |title=Gouden slotakkoord voor talent Silvanne Slot |language=nl |work=Utrechtse Sportkrant |page=9}}</ref> ==Biography== Slot started with [[synchronized swimming]] but later started playing water polo at the age of eight years old at VZC because her brother also played water polo. With VZC she became 2015 national champion (under-11) and was named best player of the tournament. At VZC, having only one women’s senior team, she could train with the senior team. However she moved to [[Polar Bears Ede]] when she was thirteen years old because Polar Bears had multiple women’s team and having more development possibilities.<ref name=sportkrant /> With Polar Bears she became national champion with the under-15 team and later also with the under-17 team. In 2020 she became for the first time national champion with the senior team. As of 2021 she lives during the week at the water polo academy in [[Eindhoven]]. She trains at the [[Tongelreep swimming pool]]