Marjolein Elisabeth de Jong (born 16 May 1968 in
Lekkerkerk
Lekkerkerk is a town and former municipality on the Lek River, now part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, South Holland province, the Netherlands. Since 1 January 1985 Lekkerkerk is no longer an independent municipality.
Lekkerkerk is mos ...
,
South Holland
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) is a retired
volleyball
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player from the
Netherlands
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, who represented her native country at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in 1992.
De Jong was a member of the
Netherlands national team that won the gold medal at the
1995 European Championship by defeating
Croatia
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3–0 in the final.
References
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Dutch Olympic Committee
1968 births
Dutch women's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for the Netherlands
Volleyball players from South Holland
People from Nederlek
Living people
Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Germany
20th-century Dutch sportswomen
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