Marleen van Iersel

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Marleen Maria van Iersel (born 7 January 1988)[1] is a Dutch professional beach volleyball player born in Breda.

Marleen van Iersel
van Iersel in 2015
Personal information
Full nameMarleen Maria van Iersel
NicknameM (M&M)
Born (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36)
Breda, the Netherlands
HometownGoirle, the Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Madelein Meppelink
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points)
2003-2003
2003-2003
2004-2004
2004-2004
2005-2005
2006-2006
2005
2005-2008
2008-2013
2014-
Jennifer Waninge
Roos van der Hoeven
Margo Wiltens
Arjanne Stevens
Angelique Vergeer
Daniëlle Remmers
Marloes Wesselink
Sanne Keizer
Madelein Meppelink
1 (0)
0 (0)
1 (0)
1 (0)
1 (0)
0 (0)
5 (26)
Best results
Years Location Result
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
2006
2006
2016
Pattaya WCha u18
Termoli WCha u18
Porto Santo WCha u21
Dutch nationals u20
Israel ECha u20
Saint-Quay-Portrieux WCha u19
Brazil WCha u21
Assen TTC
Austria ECha u23
Mysłowice WCha u21
Bermuda WCha u19
2016 Summer Olympics
5th
4th
4th
1st
1st
5th
9th
1st
4th
3rd
2nd
9th
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Cagliari Beach volleyball
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Israel under 20 Wesselink
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Mysłowice under 21 Wesselink
Silver medal – second place 2006 Bermuda under 19 Remmers
Last updated: 10 September 2006

Career

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Marleen van Iersel began her career playing indoor volleyball. She started playing at 7 years old and played for several indoor teams. At 15 years old she played for VC Weert in the highest league in The Netherlands. In 2003 van Iersel made the switch to full-time beach volleyball and was selected by the Dutch National Beach Volleybalschool. With her playing partner Jennifer Waninge[2] she qualified for the Pattaya Under-18 World Championships in Thailand and finished in fifth place.[1]

In 2004 Iersel again qualified for the Under-18 World Championships in Termoli partnering with Margo Wiltens.[1] This time they reached the semi-finals and finished in fourth position.[citation needed] Later that year she qualified for the Under-21 World Championships in Porto Santo and finished fourth.[1]

Van Iersel teamed up with Marloes Wesselink in 2005 playing in the Eredivisie of beach volleyball in the Netherlands (the highest league in the country).[citation needed] Their first World Tour event was in Gstaad where they finished 57th.[1] The pair won the Dutch Under-20 national championships in Almere.

Iersel entered the Under-20s European Championships in Israel, eventually winning the event and taking her first international gold medal. A few weeks later at the Under-19s World Championships under 19 in Saint-Quay-Portrieux she finished in 5th position. Her final 2005 event was the Under-21s World Championships in Brazil where she finished 9th. Along with Wesselink she received the Beach Volleyball Talents award in 2005.[citation needed]

In 2006 Iersel travelled to Marseille to play in a FIVB World Tour event for the first time, and finished 41st. At the European Championship Tour event in Valencia she finished in 21st position. Later that year she played in the Under-21s World Championships in Mysłowice and won the bronze medal. She stayed in Poland to play the Warsaw FIVB World Tour event, finishing 33rd.

At the Under-20s World Championships in Bermuda Van Iersel played alongside Daniëlle Remmers.[citation needed] The tournament was shortened from 7–10 September 2006 to 7–9 September because of the Tropical Storm Florence which was likely to hit the island on 10 or 11 September. Their semi final match was won by two sets to love, which secured them a place in the final against Alice Rohkamper and Becchara Palmer from Australia losing 2–1.

Professional career

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Summer Olympics

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At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she teamed with Sanne Keizer. They qualified from group D. Unfortunately, they were then drawn against Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, and lost 2–0 in the first knockout round.[3]

Marleen van Iersel participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio together with her teammate Madelein Meppelink, with whom she had teamed since 2014. They made it to the round of 16, and lost to the Swiss team of Heidrich and Zumkehr in 3 sets (21–19, 13–21, 10–15)

Personal life

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Iersel and her wife Myrthe Ramond got married in 2016. The couple have a son.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "FIVB – Beach Volleyball".
  2. ^ Jennifer Waninge
  3. ^ "Marleen van Iersel Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Flier/Van Iersel split". Beach Volleyball Major Series. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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Awards
Preceded by Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Server"
2010
Succeeded by
  April Ross (USA)
Preceded by
  Larissa França (BRA)
Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Setter"
2015
Succeeded by
  Larissa França (BRA)
Preceded by
  Nicole Branagh (USA)
Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Improved"
2009
Succeeded by
  Taiana Lima (BRA)