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 part ...
) 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
Marloes Wesselink (born 14 April 1987) is a Dutch professional beach volleyball player born in Doetinchem.
She played indoor volleyball for a few years, playing at Orion Doetinchem, Sourcy Volleybalschool and Longa'59 Lichtenvoorde before she ...
.
From 2011 to 2013 she played with
Sophie van Gestel
Sophie van Gestel (born 29 June 1991, in Oostelbeers) is a Dutch beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she plays with Madelein Meppelink. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians Ju ...
.
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 V ...
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 Julian ...
, who eventually won the bronze medal. From 2013, she teamed up with
Marleen van Iersel.
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).
From 2016 to 2017, she mostly teamed with van Gestel again, before switching to team with
Sanne Keizer.
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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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