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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 8, 2012

(20) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rhenen

Resides:

The Hague

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$475,627.50

Sophie van Gestel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oostelbeers

Resides:

Den Haag

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corrientes 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$154,925.00

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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	2	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
Other	6/28-7/1/2012	Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification			0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q6	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	24, Q11	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	27, Q12	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	18, Q8	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	31, Q13	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	26	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	26	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	28, Q9	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q13	17	160	US$5,100.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool E

Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (5)

Lost 10-21, 19-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	37	12	0	0.324	3	3	0	3
	1	37	12	0	0.324	3	3	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sophie van Gestel	Total	16	7	0	0.438	0	8	4	4
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	8	4	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool E

Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (17)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	21	14	0	0.667	4	3	1	3
	1	21	14	0	0.667	4	3	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sophie van Gestel	Total	16	7	0	0.438	0	8	1	5
	1	16	7	0	0.438	0	8	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool E

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)

Lost 18-21, 14-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	31	12	0	0.387	2	2	0	3
	1	31	12	0	0.387	2	2	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sophie van Gestel	Total	8	2	0	0.250	0	8	0	2
	1	8	2	0	0.250	0	8	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Lucky Loser

Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (13)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	14	9	0	0.643	2	3	5	3
	1	14	9	0	0.643	2	3	5	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sophie van Gestel	Total	32	17	0	0.531	0	13	1	4
	1	32	17	0	0.531	0	13	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/3/2012

Winner 1

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)

Lost 10-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	Total	28	14	0	0.500	5	4	0	3
	1	28	14	0	0.500	5	4	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sophie van Gestel	Total	15	6	0	0.400	0	4	0	6
	1	15	6	0	0.400	0	4	0	6
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Madelein Meppelink	131	61	0	0.466	16	15	6	15
Sophie van Gestel	87	39	0	0.448	0	41	6	21

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Rome	Marloes Wesselink - 37th	Did not play
2013	Stare Jablonki	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Madelein Meppelink - 17th
2015	The Hague	Marleen Van Iersel - 9th	Jantine van der Vlist - 17th
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Marleen Van Iersel - 9th	Jantine van der Vlist - 19th
2017	Vienna	Sophie van Gestel - 17th	Madelein Meppelink - 17th
2019	Hamburg	Sanne Keizer - 9th	Did not play
2021	Tokyo	Sanne Keizer - 19th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/van Gestel trail the series against the field 13-19

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-4
8/3/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-10, 21-17	0:35
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	21-14, 25-23	0:39
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	21-13, 21-14	0:33
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	25-23, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Xue/Zhang	1	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	4	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	22-20, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Antonelli/Antunes	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-10, 21-19	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	Dampney/Mullin	Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 2-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	21-18, 21-13	0:36
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	21-18, 21-14	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Kuhn/Zumkehr	4	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	22	21-11, 21-10	0:29
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
Lead the series against # 13 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	13	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-0
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-3
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 # 19 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	Lessard/Martin	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 2-0
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Cook/Hinchley	11	21-19, 21-16	0:40
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	31, Q13	Cook/Hinchley	15	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Series tied with # 23 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