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

(16) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rhenen

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$531,260.91

Sophie van Gestel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oostelbeers

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (The Hague 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$165,365.33

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$11,234.25
CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,550.64
FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	32	2	1	0	2	4	1	9	0	10	3	US$221,384.89

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Danielle Remmers - Country Quota
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Rimke Braakman - 2nd
FIVB 2009	Margo Wiltens - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2010	Marloes Wesselink - 5th	Did not play
FIVB 2011	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Madelein Meppelink - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	24, Q11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	27, Q12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	18, Q8	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	31, Q13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	26	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	28, Q9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q13	17th	160	US$5,100.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool A	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (17)	Won 23-21, 21-15	0:39
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool A	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Monika Paulikiene, Lithuania (32)	Won 21-7, 21-17	0:29
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool A	Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (1)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 10-15	0:43
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 1	Jolien Sinnema / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (20)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-7	0:44
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (10)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 16-14	0:49
Sat, 6/2/2012	Winner 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (1)	Lost 17-21, 21-13, 14-16	0:43

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	5	1	0	$162,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	$31,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	31	1	1	0	2	4	1	9	0	10	3	0	$217,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelein Meppelink												Sophie van Gestel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,500.00	World Tour Finals
54	1	3	4	3	10	10	11	9	0	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	1	1	0	2	2	5	8	4	0	$110,300.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	0	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	3	2	4	7	1	0	$33,125.00
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,090.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	$33,625.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$6,250.00
133	4	6	7	5	25	32	32	17	0	$508,752.50	Total	65	1	3	1	5	6	14	20	6	0	$160,675.00

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
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$12,700.00	7	9	43.8 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$23,500.00	17	9	65.4 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	$36,200.00	24	18	57.1 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Sophie van Gestel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$6,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2009	CEV C&S
12	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	2	$25,400.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,525.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	$16,300.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$6,350.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
47	0	1	1	0	9	2	20	9	5	$67,025.00	Total	Total	29	0	2	2	1	4	5	7	1	7	$30,425.00

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	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1-5	16.7%	7-2	77.8%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
2011-2012	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	0	31	17	0	0	11	12	2	1	0	1	1	1	52	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6
Total	0	0	14	0	49	27	1	0	21	25	2	2	0	2	1	1	94	62

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/van Gestel trail the series against the field 7-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-2
6/2/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	1	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:43
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	1	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-18, 21-13	0:35
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-19, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	21-15, 21-16	0:34
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	16-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 7 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gielen/Mouha	18	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	21-16, 21-18	0:35
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	Gielen/Mouha	20	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:46
Series tied with # 10 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	Holtwick/Semmler	10	21-16, 15-21, 16-14	0:49
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 Kohler/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Kohler/Sude	25	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	22-20, 21-23, 21-19	1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	Nestarcova/Pridalova	17	23-21, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Sinnema/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	Sinnema/Wesselink	20	21-13, 19-21, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 25 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-2
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Jursone/Minusa	Q22	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 32 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/van Gestel	16	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	32	21-7, 21-17	0:29