Madelein Meppelink

Madelein Meppelink
Meppelink playing for the Netherlands during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1989-11-29) 29 November 1989 (age 35)
Rhenen
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Marleen van Iersel
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Cagliari Beach volleyball

Madelein Meppelink (born 29 November 1989 in Rhenen) is a Dutch beach volleyball player.[2]

Professional career

From 2007 to 2009 she played with Margo Wiltens.[3] From 2009 to 2011 she played with Marloes Wesselink.[3] From 2011 to 2013 she played with Sophie van Gestel.[3] The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França, who eventually won the bronze medal.[4] From 2013, she teamed up with Marleen van Iersel.[3] They participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. They made it to the Round of 16, and lost to the Swiss team of Heidrich and Zumkehr in 3 sets (21–19, 13–21, 10–15).[5] From 2016 to 2017, she mostly teamed with van Gestel again, before switching to team with Sanne Keizer.[3]

References

  1. ^ "MEPPELINK Madelein - Olympic Beach Volleyball | Netherlands". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e "Madelein Meppelink at FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  4. ^ "Beach volleyball: Brazilian bruisers beat heroic Dutch". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. August 3, 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Madelein Meppelink Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-11-24.

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