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€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 30 - August 3, 2013

(2) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2010	Marloes Wesselink - 17th	Danielle Remmers - 41st
FIVB 2011	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Madelein Meppelink - 17th
FIVB 2012	Sophie van Gestel - 2nd	Madelein Meppelink - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	4	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	6	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	5	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	10	4th	350	US$9,000.00
CEV C&S	4/2-6/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	2	1st	280	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	20	9th	0	US$0.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/30/2013	Pool B	Jolien Sinnema / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (18)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:35
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool B	Magdalena Jirak / Lena Plesiutschnig, Austria (31)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:32
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool B	Barbara Hansel / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (15)	Won 18-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Thu, 8/1/2013	Winner 1	Greta Cicolari / Silvia Costantini, Italy (22)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:31
Fri, 8/2/2013	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (24)	Lost 17-21, 21-12, 11-15	0:46

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	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	$79,300.00	33	19	63.5 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2013	FIVB	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$81,100.00	28	12	70.0 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	1	0	2	2	1	4	0	8	1	0	$173,100.00	68	40	63.0 %
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	6	0	100.0 %

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
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00
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
7	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,550.00	2013	FIVB	7	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2013	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
61	2	2	1	2	11	6	23	9	5	$137,325.00	Total	Total	43	2	3	2	3	6	9	10	1	7	$100,725.00

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%
2012-2013	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-1	80.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-4	63.6%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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 lead the series against the field 22-17 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-2
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	22	21-11, 21-10	0:29
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 # 3 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:43
5/5/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	21-14, 25-23	0:41
4/5/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
4/6/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Gold Medal	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-3
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	21-14, 21-18	0:40
4/6/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	3	17-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:00
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 # 6 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-4
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	23-25, 21-17, 15-11	0:52
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	21-13, 25-27, 15-10	0:54
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 # 7 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-0
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	Keizer/Van Iersel	2	22-20, 21-14	0:34
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Keizer/Van Iersel	5	21-13, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 8 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-2
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Nestarcova/Pridalova	20	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	21-18, 18-21, 16-14	0:50
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	22	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	10-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
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 # 9 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	Mader/Zumkehr	11	21-14, 21-9	0:29
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Mader/Zumkehr	12	21-11, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-2
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Meppelink/van Gestel	3	Kolocova/Slukova	14	21-16, 21-18	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 15 Hansel/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Hansel/Schutzenhofer	15	18-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Hansel/Schutzenhofer	28, Q12	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	Brzostek/Wojtasik	29, Q12	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:51
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 18 Sinnema/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-1
7/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Sinnema/Stiekema	18	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	21-19, 21-16	0:35
4/4/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Sinnema/Stiekema	15	25-23, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 3-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	Hermannova/Williams	22	21-13, 21-16	0:31
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Hermannova/Williams	21	21-13, 21-9	0:29
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	Hermannova/Williams	24	21-15, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 22 Cicolari/Costantini, Italy 1-0
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Cicolari/Costantini	22	21-16, 24-22	0:31
Trail the series against # 24 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 0-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 27 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
Lead the series against # 31 Jirak/Plesiutschnig, Austria 1-0
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Meppelink/van Gestel	2	Jirak/Plesiutschnig	31	21-15, 21-14	0:32