Marlies van Baalen
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Marlies Anne van Baalen |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Den Bosch, Netherlands | 30 August 1980
Website | www.dressuurstalvanbaalen.nl |
Sport | |
Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Dressage |
Coached by | Coby van Baalen, Nicole Werner |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | Athens 2004, Tokyo 2020 |
Marlies Anne van Baalen (born 30 August 1980 in Den Bosch, North Brabant) is a Dutch Dressage equestrian. She is Coby van Baalen's daughter.
Van Baalen represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she finished in 43rd position in the individual rankings. With the Dutch dressage team, in which she featured with Anky van Grunsven, Sven Rothenberger and Imke Bartels, she finished just outside the medal spots with the fourth place.
She was the first reserve for the Dutch team during the European Championships in Rotterdam 2011. In 2021, she represented The Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with her horse Go Legend, finishing 20th in both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special.[1]
Dressage results
[edit]Event | Team | Individual | Freestyle | Horse |
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Athens 2004 | 4th | 43rd | — | Idocus |
Tokyo 2020 | 5th | 20th | — | Go Legend |
Event | Team | Individual | Freestyle | Horse |
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2021 Hagen | 5th | 26rd | — | Go Legend |
2023 Riesenbeck | 5th | 17th | 15th | Habibi DVB |
Final
[edit]Event | Rank | Horse |
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2003 Gothenburg | 10th | Idocus |
2004 Düsseldorf | 7th | Idocus |
2007 Las Vegas | 9th | Kigali |
2013 Gothenburg | 12th | Miciano |
References
[edit]- ^ "Netherlands Olympic Team-Edward Gal/Total US, Hans Peter Minderhoud/Dream Boy, Marlies van Baalen/Go Legend". Dressage-News.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Marlies van Baalen at FEI
- Marlies van Baalen at FEI (alternative link)
- Marlies van Baalen at Olympics.com
- Marlies van Baalen at Olympedia
- Marlies van Baalen at the Dutch Olympic Archive[permanent dead link]