Madelein Meppelink

Madelein Meppelink
Madelein Meppelink
	Meppelink playing for the Netherlands during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	29 November 1989 (age 32)
Hometown	Rhenen
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 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

Madelein Meppelink (born 29 November 1989, 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[]

^ https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/madelein-meppelink
^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Madelein Meppelink at FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
^ Reuters (August 3, 2012). "Beach volleyball: Brazilian bruisers beat heroic Dutch". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "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

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[1] ttps://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/madelein-meppelink

[2] London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine

[:0-3] "Madelein Meppelink at FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2018-11-24.

[4] Reuters (August 3, 2012). "Beach volleyball: Brazilian bruisers beat heroic Dutch". Chicago Tribune. 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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