Marloes Wesselink, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Marloes Wesselink

Dutch volleyball player

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1987

Place of Birth: Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands

Profession: volleyball player, beach volleyball player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Marloes Wesselink

  • Marloes Wesselink (born April 14, 1987) is a Dutch professional beach volleyball player born in Doetinchem. She played indoor volleyball for a few years, playing at Orion Doetinchem, Sourcy Volleybalschool and Longa'59 Lichtenvoorde before she switched onto the beach.
  • She had never played volleyball at the beach before but she was invited to it when she was a member of the Sourcy Volleybalschool.
  • In 2003 and 2004 she played with several team mates, but mostly played with Angelique Remmers.
  • They achieved some decent results and Wesselink felt a potential future in this sport.
  • When teaming up with Marleen van Iersel in 2005 their skills improved fast, which resulted in a successful season. They started off in the Eredivisie of Beach volleyball in the Netherlands, which is the highest league in the country.
  • In Callantsoog they became second and in Assen they reached the 3rd position.
  • Their first World Tour event was in Gstaad finishing 57th among the World's best teams.
  • In the Eredivisie they kept on playing in the top 3 finishing 3rd in Nesselande and Amstelveen, while they finished 2nd in Gouda and Groningen.
  • They took part at the Dutch national championships under 20 in Almere which they won.
  • After that they also won the Eredivisie tournament in Scheveningen, while in Monster they became 3rd.
  • Next step was the European Championships under 20 in Israel where they were among the favourites.
  • They reached the final, which they won and took their first international gold medal.
  • A few weeks later at the World Championships under 19 in Saint-Quay-Portrieux they reached the 5th position.
  • Later in 2005 they took part in the Dutch national senior championships, finishing 5th.
  • Their final 2005 event was the World Championships under 21 held in Brazil where they finished 9th.
  • Van Iersel/Wesselink received the award for Beach volleyball talents 2005. In 2006 both girls decided to concentrate on beach volleyball full-time, working on improving their skills more and more and also getting more experience.
  • The first tournament of the season was an Eredivisie event in Kijkduin where they finished 2nd.
  • On international level they started participating in higher quality tournaments like the European Championship Tour.
  • In Hamburg they reached the 13th position.
  • In the same weekend they travelled to Assen in their home country and in addition they won the TopTeams Cup Assen.
  • In another 6 Eredivisie tournaments they reached one 1st place, four 2nd positions and a 3rd position, before heading to Marseille to play in a FIVB World Tour event.
  • They reached the 41st position on the highest possible level.
  • At the European Championship Tour event in Valencia they finished in 21st position.
  • August 2006 turned out to be a good month for Van Iersel/Wesselink.
  • First they travelled to South Korea to participate in an exhibition tournament where they finished 5th.
  • A 4th position was reached a few days later in Austria during the European Championships under 23, while they had the ages of 18 and 19.
  • The following weekend they took part in the Dutch national Championships in Scheveningen finishing 4th again, behind the three top Dutch teams for many years.
  • With these results in mind they travelled to Poland to play the World Championships under 21 in Myslowice.
  • Again they faced opponents quite older than they were themselves, but this didn't seem to bother them much and they won the bronze medal.
  • In the semi finals they lost from the eventual champions, while they had beaten the same team in the group stage earlier in the tournament.
  • In addition they stayed in Poland to play the Warsaw FIVB World Tour event, finishing 33rd.

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