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 Meppelink playing for the Netherlands during the 2012 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 November 1989 Rhenen | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "MEPPELINK Madelein - Olympic Beach Volleyball | Netherlands". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Madelein Meppelink at FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ↑ "Beach volleyball: Brazilian bruisers beat heroic Dutch". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. August 3, 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "Madelein Meppelink Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
External links
Media related to Madelein Meppelink at Wikimedia Commons
- Madelein Meppelink at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Madelein Meppelink at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Madelein Meppelink at Olympedia
- Madelein Meppelink at Olympics.com
- Madelein Meppelink at TeamNL (in Dutch)