Marleen van Iersel

Marleen 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 name	Marleen van Iersel
Nickname	M (M&M)
Born	(1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 Breda, the Netherlands
Hometown	Goirle, the Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 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 2014 Cagliari Beach volleyball European Championships 2005 Israel under 20 Wesselink World Championships 2006 Mysłowice under 21 Wesselink 2006 Bermuda under 19 Remmers
Last updated: 10 September 2006

Career

Iersel began her career playing indoor volleyball before switching to the beach volleyball in 2001. In 2003, she was selected by the Sourcy Volleybalschool. With her playing partner Jennifer Waninge[2] she qualified for the Pattaya Under-18 World Championships in Thailand finishing 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 finishing in fourth position. Later that year she qualified for the Under-21 World Championships in Porto Santo finishing fourth.[1]

Iersel teamed up with Marloes Wesselink in 2005 playing in the Eredivisie of beach volleyball in the Netherlands (the highest league in the country). Their first World Tour event was in Gstaad finishing 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 award for Beach Volleyball Talents 2005.

In 2006 Iersel travelled to Marseille to play in a FIVB World Tour event for the first time, finishing 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 winning the bronze medal. She stayed in Poland to play the Warsaw FIVB World Tour event, finishing 33rd.

Marleen Van Iersel signals for an double "cross-court" block during a semi-final match of 2019 FIVB Itapema Open

At the Under-20s World Championships in Bermuda Van Iersel played alongside Daniëlle Remmers. 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

Summer Olympics

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

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

References

1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=104487
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.

External links

• Official site
• Marleen van Iersel at the FIVB

Awards
Preceded by  Maria Clara Salgado (BRA)	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)