Marloes Wesselink

Personal information

Full name

Marloes Wesselink

Nickname

M (M&M)

Born

14 April 1987 (age 30)
Doetinchem, Netherlands

Hometown

Doetinchem, Netherlands

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Beach volleyball information

Current teammate

Years	Teammate	Tours (points)
2005-Present	Marleen van Iersel	5 (26)

Previous teammates

Years	Teammate	Tours (points)
2003-2004	Angelique Remmers	1 (0)

Best results

Years	Location	Result
2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006	Dutch nationals u20 Israel ECha u20 Saint-Quay-Portrieux WCha u19 Brazil WCha u21 Assen TTC Austria ECha u23 Mysłowice WCha u21	1st 1st 5th 9th 1st 4th 3rd

Honours

Women's Beach volleyball
European Championships
	2005 Israel under 20	Van Iersel
World Championships
	2006 Mysłowice under 21	Van Iersel

Last updated: 6 September 2006

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.

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