Madelein Meppelink (born 29 November 1989 in
Rhenen
Rhenen () is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands.
The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, Remmerden, Elst and Laareind. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, namely on the southernmost par ...
) is a Dutch beach volleyball player.
Professional career
From 2007 to 2009 she played with Margo Wiltens.
From 2009 to 2011 she played with
Marloes Wesselink.
From 2011 to 2013 she played with
Sophie van Gestel.
The pair participated in the
2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians
Juliana Felisberta
Juliana Felisberta da Silva (born 22 July 1983) is a Brazilian female beach volleyball player who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany and the 2009 Beach ...
and
Larissa França
Larissa França Maestrini (born April 14, 1982) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. She is the all-time leader of beach volleyball titles, with 57 FIVB career gold medals, including the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships with Julia ...
, who eventually won the bronze medal. From 2013, she teamed up with
Marleen van Iersel
Marleen Maria van Iersel (born 7 January 1988) is a Dutch professional beach volleyball player born in Breda.
Career
Iersel began her career playing indoor volleyball before switching to the beach volleyball in 2001. In 2003, she was selected ...
.
They participated in the
2016 Summer Olympics
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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).
From 2016 to 2017, she mostly teamed with van Gestel again, before switching to team with
Sanne Keizer
Sanne Keizer (born 6 February 1985) is a Dutch beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side defender with her partner Madelein Meppelink. Her career highlights include two gold, two silver and four bronze medals on the FIVB World Tour. ...
.
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1989 births
Living people
Dutch women's beach volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players of the Netherlands
People from Rhenen
Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Utrecht (province)
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