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€ 200,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
May 30 - June 3, 2012

(18) Rimke Braakman/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands

Rimke Braakman
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 22, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Den Haag

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$57,359.37

Michelle Stiekema
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

The Hague

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$51,868.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	US$10,180.15
CEV C&S	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,847.19
CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	US$9,750.00
Overall	20	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	4	US$24,777.34

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Sophie van Gestel - 2nd	Did not play
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Danielle Remmers - 9th
FIVB 2010	Michelle Stiekema - 41st	Rimke Braakman - 41st
FIVB 2011	Michelle Stiekema - 41st	Rimke Braakman - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	5	13th	180	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	8/9-13/2011	CEV European Championship Final	19	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
CEV Under Age	8/4-7/2011	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	13	1st	200	€ 0.00
CEV	7/19-23/2011	CEV Polish Masters	9	7th	300	€ 2,000.00
CEV C&S	7/6-10/2011	CEV Satellite Constanta	5	1st	100	€ 1,650.00
CEV C&S	6/1-4/2011	CEV Satellite Baden	10, Q4	7th	50	€ 300.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool B	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (15)	Lost 27-29, 23-25	0:49
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool B	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (2)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 13-15	0:52
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool B	Anastasia Barsuk / Anna Vozakova, Russia (31)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:39

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,250.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$13,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rimke Braakman												Michelle Stiekema
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,300.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	$30,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$13,075.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	2	0	$13,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	0	$17,475.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$3,250.00
57	0	1	1	0	2	10	11	8	0	$48,600.00	Total	39	1	2	0	0	3	6	5	7	0	$42,425.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	4	2	66.7 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	8	2	80.0 %
2011	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	1	90.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$6,000.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	12	4	75.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	1	90.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rimke Braakman													Michelle Stiekema
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$8,950.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$7,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2009	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$975.00	2011	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$975.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$750.00
20	2	1	2	1	2	6	2	0	4	$4,375.00	Total	Total	33	4	2	1	1	6	4	4	3	8	$27,375.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	6	37.5%	1	6.3%	9	56.3%	6-10	37.5%	5-9	35.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	11-11	50.0%
2011-2012	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	6	37.5%	1	6.3%	9	56.3%	6-10	37.5%	5-9	35.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	11-11	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	5	35.7%	0	0.0%	9	64.3%	5-9	35.7%	2-18	10.0%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	6-10	37.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	1	0	6	7	3	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19

Head to Head Results
Braakman/Stiekema trail the series against the field 8-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/3/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Winner 2	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	2	Braakman/Stiekema	10, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Kolocova/Slukova	2	Braakman/Stiekema	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool C	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Braakman/Stiekema	19	21-17, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 9 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 1	Borger/Buthe	4	Braakman/Stiekema	5	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 1-2
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Braakman/Stiekema	9	Goricanec/Graessli	3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:44
8/6/10	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Braakman/Stiekema	6, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	Braakman/Stiekema	Q14	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-2
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Brzostek/Wojtasik	15	Braakman/Stiekema	18	29-27, 25-23	0:49
8/7/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	Gold Medal	Braakman/Stiekema	13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	5	13-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:52
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 4	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Braakman/Stiekema	9	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-3
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	12, Q2	Braakman/Stiekema	5	21-15, 21-18	0:37
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	8	Braakman/Stiekema	9	21-16, 22-20	0:31
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 3	Nestarcova/Pridalova	9, Q2	Braakman/Stiekema	10, Q4	22-20, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Braakman/Stiekema	18	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
8/6/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	Contender 3	Braakman/Stiekema	13	Hermannova/Williams	2	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina, Estonia 2-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Braakman/Stiekema	19	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	25	21-18, 23-21	0:36
6/3/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Braakman/Stiekema	10, Q4	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	12, Q6	23-21, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 25 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Braakman/Stiekema	Q20	21-19, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Braakman/Stiekema	Q20	Jursone/Minusa	Q13	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 2-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Braakman/Stiekema	18	Barsuk/Vozakova	31	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
8/9/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool C	Braakman/Stiekema	19	Barsuk/Vozakova	14	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49