Anouk Mels (born 5 February 1971) is a Dutch former

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player. She competed in the

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at the

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. A left-handed

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, Mels played professional softball from 1988 to 1999, and made a return from 2007 to 2009. She was a four-time Dutch League MVP, and a two-time European Cup MVP, also playing for clubs in New Zealand, Japan, and Italy. Mels also made 43 appearances with the national softball team.

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* 1971 births Living people Dutch softball players Olympic softball players for the Netherlands Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hoorn Dutch expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Netherlands-softball-bio-stub