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Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification
June 28 - July 1, 2012

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:

125

Career Wins:

Career Other Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$475,627.50

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:

1 (FIVB Corrientes 2013)

Career Other Best:

9th (Long Beach 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$154,925.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
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
Other	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	30	1	1	0	2	3	1	8	0	10	3	US$209,600.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2010	Marloes Wesselink - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2011	Marloes Wesselink - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2012	Sophie van Gestel - 5th	Madelein Meppelink - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
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

Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/28/2012	Pool B	Tatyana Mashkova / Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:29
Fri, 6/29/2012	Pool B	Karelys Mosquera / Frankelina Rodriguez, Venezuela	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:29
Fri, 6/29/2012	Pool B	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:34
Sat, 6/30/2012	Pool B	Amelia Cumbi / Rezia Cumbi, Mozambique	Won 21-10, 21-8	0:23
Sat, 6/30/2012	Pool B	Anastasia Barsuk / Anna Vozakova, Russia	Lost By Forfeit
Sun, 7/1/2012	Semi-Finals	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy	Won 13-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:45

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
Total	28	1	1	0	2	3	1	7	0	10	3	0	$208,600.00

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
122	2	6	7	5	21	27	32	17	0	$475,127.50	Total	60	1	3	1	5	5	11	19	6	0	$154,425.00

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
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	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	$36,700.00	22	10	68.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	$49,400.00	29	19	60.4 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Sophie van Gestel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											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
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
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
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
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$18,350.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$18,350.00
39	0	0	0	0	7	1	17	9	5	$66,250.00	Total	Total	23	0	2	1	0	4	4	6	1	5	$35,025.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	5-0	100.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	1	7-2	77.8%
2011-2012	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	1	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	1	5-1	83.3%

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
Total	0	0	14	0	43	24	1	0	17	22	2	2	0	2	1	1	84	56

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/van Gestel lead the series against the field 9-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 1-1
6/30/12	Other	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification	Pool B	Barsuk/Vozakova		Meppelink/van Gestel		By Forfeit
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Barsuk/Vozakova	9	21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 2-0
6/29/12	Other	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel		Candelas/Garcia		21-19, 21-19	0:34
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Candelas/Garcia	25, Q8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against Cumbi/Cumbi, Mozambique 1-0
6/30/12	Other	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel		Cumbi/Cumbi		21-10, 21-8	0:23
Lead the series against Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
7/1/12	Other	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/van Gestel		Gioria/Momoli		13-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against Kayser/Mader, Switzerland 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	Kayser/Mader	Q25	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against Ma/Zhang, China 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q11	Ma/Zhang	9	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/28/12	Other	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel		Mashkova/Tsimbalova		21-17, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against Mosquera/Rodriguez, Venezuela 1-0
6/29/12	Other	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel		Mosquera/Rodriguez		21-17, 21-19	0:29