Mascha Geurts is a retired water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

 from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. She made her debut for the Women's National Team

Netherlands women's national water polo team

The Netherlands women's national water polo team is the national team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was one of the leading teams in the world during the 1980s and 1990s. More recently they claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

 in 2001, and was on the squad that won the competed at the 2001 World Championship in Fukuoka, Japan.

Geurts competed for her native country at the 2001 European Championship in Budapest, Hungary, finishing in fifth place. Her biggest success came in 2002, when the Dutch were finalist in the six-nations tournament in Monte-Rotondo, Italy. She currently plays with ENC-Arnhem. They recently promoted to the Dutch 1st class (minor league).